Strait of Gibraltar These "internal waves" continue to flow eastward and to refract around coastal features. They can sometimes be traced for as much as , and sometimes create interference patterns with refracted waves. Except for its far eastern end, the Strait lies within the territorial waters of Spain and Morocco. The United Kingdom claims around Gibraltar on the northern side of the Strait, putting part of it inside British territorial waters. As this is less than the maximum, it means, according to the British claim, that part of the Strait lies in international waters. The ownership of Gibraltar and its territorial waters
Postal orders of the South African Republic Postal orders of the South African Republic The South African Republic's postal orders were introduced on 1 January 1898, which was also the date that the "South African Postal Union Convention" came into effect. The postal orders are inscribed in Afrikaans. Issued postal orders do not have counterfoils attached, as the counterfoils were kept by the post office for recording purposes. Any postal orders with counterfoils still attached are from books souvenired after the post office was captured during the Second Boer War. The South African Republic was the first country, along with the Orange Free State, to declare postal