Saturday, September 24, 2011

South Africa Stamps & Namibia



The postcard of a desert ghost town at Kolmanskop diamond Mine in Namibia was sent to me by a South African Postcrosser. The photo is ©1998 by Gerald Hoberman. The postcard has two Republic of South Africa stamps from the 2000 Flowers, Fishes, and Butterflies definitive series. These stamps picture the Coral Rockcod and the Karoo Violet.



Namibia was formerly known as South-West Africa and was administered by South Africa for much of the twentieth century. It became independent in 1990.

Below are two stamps from the South Africa definitive series of 1954. These are from my old stamp collection. At that time South Africa was the Union of South Africa. It became the Republic of South Africa in 1961.


I am participating in Sunday Stamps at Viridian's Postcard Blog




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11 comments:

  1. MariaSeptember 24, 2011 at 10:50:00 PM CDT

    I have always dreamed about seeing an African safari w/ zebras and lions for real.

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  2. Bob ScotneySeptember 25, 2011 at 1:57:00 AM CDT

    South Africa has some marvellous stamps featuring wild animals. I have the Zebra you have shown but have not seen that lion stamp before. Great!

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  3. JoySeptember 25, 2011 at 5:15:00 AM CDT

    South Africa has much richness of the natural world, wonderful to see it on stamps.

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  4. Sheila @ A Postcard a DaySeptember 25, 2011 at 6:04:00 AM CDT

    I remember the zebra and the lion. My father used to work in Africa but I don't know where all his stamps went, possibly to his nephew.

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  5. viridianSeptember 25, 2011 at 7:40:00 AM CDT

    The Violtes are beautiful. thanks for the links, and thanks for participating.

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  6. Lisa BSeptember 25, 2011 at 8:28:00 AM CDT

    The zebra stamp is really pretty.

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  7. Little NellSeptember 25, 2011 at 9:20:00 AM CDT

    Those stamps with the lion and zebra are wonderful. I’ve been encouraged by your posts to have a go myself this week! Thank you.

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  8. Julie GoucherSeptember 25, 2011 at 9:22:00 AM CDT

    Lovely collection. My favourite is the fish stamp because of the vibtant colours.

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  9. DorincardSeptember 25, 2011 at 11:03:00 AM CDT

    Interesting card and stamps..See my MCs from RSA and former bantustans: http://dorincard.blogspot.com/search/label/South%20Africa

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  10. Aimee DarsSeptember 25, 2011 at 5:35:00 PM CDT

    Old and new are both beautiful sets!

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  11. Postcards CrossingSeptember 26, 2011 at 9:40:00 AM CDT

    I agree with what Bob said... there are lots of gorgeous stamps that feature wild animals. The stamps I have are cartoonish drawings of the big 5 wild animals. The animals look playful and tame :D

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