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SA Union: Jacaranda Festival: Pretoria Philatelic Society Golden Jubilee Exhibition

SA Union: Jacaranda Festival: Pretoria Philatelic Society Golden Jubilee ExhibitionSA Union: Jacaranda Festival: Pretoria Philatelic Society Golden Jubilee Exhibition
Form: Circular with attached lug.
By: ?
Date: 1948
Ref:  AM2: 288 (silver); Laidlaw: 0904;
Variations:
SizeMetalMassValue
31.9 mmBronze14.8 gm$25

Edge: Plain

Obverse: Jacaranda tree dividing: "PRETORIA" across trunk. Legend: "JACARANDA FESTIVAL" and below between ornaments: "JAKARANDA FEES"

Reverse: Engraved across: "P.P.S. / Golden Jubilee / Exhibition / . 1948 .".

Notes: Pretoria Philatelic Society held an exhibition to commemorate its golden jubilee during Jacaranda Week in the Pretoria City Hall from 18th to 20th October, 1948.

Pretoria is known as Jacaranda City. Between 40 000 and 70 000 Jacaranda trees line the streets and come bloom with a mass of purple flowers during October and November.