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South African rand (Transkei usage only)


Name: South African rand
Defn: 100c=1r
Symbol:
Code: ZAR
Desc:
Units of money:
cent c 1
rand r 100

Users of this currency: Basutoland (48 stamps, 1961-1966), Bechuanaland Protectorate (56 stamps, 1961-1966), Botswana (161 stamps, 1966-1976), Lesotho (271 stamps, 1966-1979), Namibia (82 stamps, 1990-1993), South Africa (2223 stamps, 1961-2020), Bophuthatswana (302 stamps, 1977-1994), Ciskei (241 stamps, 1981-1994), Transkei (349 stamps, 1976-1994), Venda (277 stamps, 1979-1994), South West Africa (365 stamps, 1961-1990), Swaziland (165 stamps, 1961-1991), Tristan da Cunha (11 stamps, 1961) Show with all usages

Denominations used by Transkei in this currency:
Denom Usages Selected stamps
1c 3   10/26/1976 issue=1976 regular ... 4/2/1984 issue=1984 dt=Xhosa Culture
2c 3   10/26/1976 issue=1976 regular ... 4/2/1984 issue=1984 dt=Xhosa Culture
3c 3   10/26/1976 issue=1976 regular ... 4/2/1984 issue=1984 dt=Xhosa Culture
4c 16   10/26/1976 issue=1976 regular ... 4/2/1984 issue=1984 dt=Xhosa Culture
5c 15   10/26/1976 issue=1976 regular ... 4/2/1984 issue=1984 dt=Xhosa Culture
6c 3   10/26/1976 issue=1976 regular ... 4/2/1984 issue=1984 dt=Xhosa Culture
7c 2   10/26/1976 issue=1976 regular, 4/2/1984 issue=1984 dt=Xhosa Culture
8c 5   10/26/1976 issue=1976 regular ... 4/2/1984 issue=1984 dt=Xhosa Culture
9c 3   10/26/1976 issue=1976 regular ... 4/2/1984 issue=1984 dt=Xhosa Culture d=Thinning the maize
10c 29   10/26/1976 issue=1976 regular ... 4/2/1984 issue=1984 dt=Xhosa Culture d=Dance demonstration-Transkei-South Africa Homelands
11c 4   4/2/1984 issue=1984 dt=Xhosa Culture d=Xhosa Lifestyle - Carrying water from the river-Transkei-South Africa Homelands ... 2/7/1985 issue=Soil Conservation d=Erosion from over-grazing
12c 5   4/1/1985 ... 2/6/1986 issue=Historic Port St. Johns
14c 6   4/1/1986 ... 8/27/1987 issue=Spiders 1987 d=Latrodectus indistinctus
15c 26   10/26/1976 issue=1976 regular ... 4/2/1984 issue=1984 dt=Xhosa Culture
16c 9   4/1/1987 ... 1/19/1989 issue=Railway Trains and Landscapes
18c 8   4/20/1989 dt=Basketry (1989) ... 3/29/1990 dt=Famous People of Medicine (1990) d=Aretaios
20c 43   10/26/1976 issue=1976 regular ... 7/20/1993 issue=1984 d=Abakhwetha Dance
21c 4   6/28/1990 dt=Diviners ... 1/10/1991 dt=Parasitic plants d=Harveya pulchra
25c 27   10/26/1976 issue=1976b ... 9/26/1991 dt=Famous People of Medicine (1991) d=Emil von Behring (1991)
27c 2   2/20/1992 dt=orchids (1992 Transkei) d=Eulophia speciosa (1992), 4/1/1992 dt=Famous People of Medicine (1992) d=Thomas Weller
30c 32   10/26/1976 issue=1976 regular ... 3/29/1990 dt=Famous People of Medicine (1990) d=Claude Bernard
34c 1   6/28/1990 dt=Diviners
35c 6   9/20/1990 dt=plants (1990 Transkei) d=Disa crassicornis (1990) ... 3/12/1993 dt=dogs (1993 Transkei)
40c 24   5/25/1983 issue=Tourism 1983 ... 9/26/1991 dt=Famous People of Medicine (1991) d=Camile Guerin and Albert Calmette
45c 7   10/12/1984 dt=Famous People of Medicine d=Karl Landsteiner ... 3/18/1994 dt=shipwrecks (1994)
50c 28   10/26/1976 issue=1976 regular ... 9/26/1991 dt=Famous People of Medicine (1991) d=Jonas Salk
60c 3   4/4/1991 dt=dolphins (1991) d=Grampus griseus (1991) ... 9/26/1991 dt=Famous People of Medicine (1991) d=John Enders
65c 6   2/20/1992 dt=orchids (1992 Transkei) d=Disa scullyi ... 3/18/1994 dt=shipwrecks (1994)
70c 4   7/16/1992 dt=waterbirds (1992) d=Thalassornis leuconotus ... 3/12/1993 dt=dogs (1993 Transkei)
85c 6   2/20/1992 dt=orchids (1992 Transkei) d=Disa tysonii ... 3/18/1994 dt=shipwrecks (1994)
90c 4   7/16/1992 dt=waterbirds (1992) d=Alopochen aegyptiacus (1992) ... 3/12/1993 dt=dogs (1993 Transkei)
1r 2   10/26/1976 issue=1976 regular, 4/2/1984 issue=1984 dt=Xhosa Culture
1.05r 8   7/16/1992 dt=waterbirds (1992) d=Anas capensis ... 3/18/1994 dt=shipwrecks (1994)
2r 2   10/26/1976 issue=1976 regular, 4/2/1984 issue=1984 dt=Xhosa Culture

Used by 349 stamps of Transkei: (See all uses as list)
10/26/1976 10c issue=1976 independence d=mace & flag of Transkei
10/26/1976 4c issue=1976 independence d=Chief Matanzima
10/26/1976 50c issue=1976b
10/26/1976 30c issue=1976b
10/26/1976 25c issue=1976b
10/26/1976 20c issue=1976b
10/26/1976 15c issue=1976b
10/26/1976 10c issue=1976b
10/26/1976 9c issue=1976b
10/26/1976 8c issue=1976b
10/26/1976 6c issue=1976b
10/26/1976 5c issue=1976b
10/26/1976 4c issue=1976b
10/26/1976 3c issue=1976b
10/26/1976 2c issue=1976b
10/26/1976 1c issue=1976b
10/26/1976 2r issue=1976 regular
10/26/1976 1r issue=1976 regular
10/26/1976 4c issue=1976 regular
10/26/1976 9c issue=1976 regular
10/26/1976 8c issue=1976 regular
10/26/1976 7c issue=1976 regular
10/26/1976 6c issue=1976 regular
10/26/1976 5c issue=1976 regular
10/26/1976 1c issue=1976 regular
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9/17/1992 35c dt=fossil shellfish d=Pseudomelania sutherlandi
9/17/1992 70c dt=fossil shellfish d=Gaudryceras denseplicatum
9/17/1992 90c dt=fossil shellfish d=Neithea quinquecostata
9/17/1992 1.05r dt=fossil shellfish d=Pugilina acuticarinatus
3/12/1993 35c dt=dogs (1993 Transkei)
3/12/1993 70c dt=dogs (1993 Transkei)
3/12/1993 90c dt=dogs (1993 Transkei)
3/12/1993 1.05r dt=dogs (1993 Transkei)
6/18/1993 45c dt=prehistoric animals (1993 Transkei)
6/18/1993 65c dt=prehistoric animals (1993 Transkei)
6/18/1993 85c dt=prehistoric animals (1993 Transkei)
6/18/1993 1.05r dt=prehistoric animals (1993 Transkei)
7/20/1993 20c issue=1984 d=Abakhwetha Dance
8/20/1993 45c dt=Famous People of Medicine (1993) d=Alexander Fleming (1993)
8/20/1993 65c dt=Famous People of Medicine (1993) d=Alexis Carrel
8/20/1993 85c dt=Famous People of Medicine (1993) d=James Lind
8/20/1993 1.05r dt=Famous People of Medicine (1993) d=Santiago Ramon y Cajal
10/15/1993 45c dt=doves (1993) d=Streptopelia senegalensis (1993 Transkei)
10/15/1993 65c dt=doves (1993) d=Turtur tympanistria
10/15/1993 85c dt=doves (1993) d=Turtur chalcospilos
10/15/1993 1.05r dt=doves (1993) d=Oena capensis (1993)
3/18/1994 45c dt=shipwrecks (1994)
3/18/1994 65c dt=shipwrecks (1994)
3/18/1994 85c dt=shipwrecks (1994)
3/18/1994 1.05r dt=shipwrecks (1994)

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