The first triangular stamps in the world were released by the Colony of the Cape of Good Hope, otherwise known as  Cape Colony (Kaapkolonie in Dutch). The British colony was preceded by an earlier Dutch colony of the same name, the Kaap de Goede Hoop, established in 1652 by the Dutch East India Company. The Cape was under Dutch rule from 1652 to 1795 and … Continue reading The Cape Triangles