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South African rand (South Africa 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 South Africa in this currency:
Denom Usages Selected stamps
1.10r standard 46   5/18/1998 issue=Endangered Fauna 1998 d=Connochaetes taurinus (1998) ... 3/19/1999 issue=AUSTRALIA '99
1.20r airmail postcard 5   8/1/1997 issue=Inauguration of the Revived Blue Train Service
1.20r standard 42   4/1/1999 issue=AIDS Awareness Campaign ... 3/2/2000 issue=1st National Lottery
1.30r airmail postcard 19   9/28/1998 issue=Explore South Africa - Western Cape ... 8/16/1999 issue=Explore South Africa - Mpumalanga and Northern Province
1.30r standard 5   2/15/1999 issue=125th Anniversary of Universal Postal Union ... 4/5/2000 issue=National Family Day 2000
1.40r standard 15   5/1/2001 issue=Fauna and Flora 2001 d=Thunbergia alata (2001) ... 4/17/2002 issue=World Summit for Sustainable Development
1.50r standard 20   8/25/2002 issue=World Summit for Sustainable Development b ... 11/29/2002 issue=AIDS Prevention
1.65r standard 40   2/28/2003 issue=Cricket World Cup 2003 ... 12/17/2003 issue=100th Anniversary of Powered Flight
1.70r standard 57   3/24/2004 issue=Drive Alive Road Safety Campaign ... 11/23/2004 issue=South African Police Service
1.77r int. airmail 1   10/3/2005 issue=Christmas 2005
1.77r standard 10   6/24/2005 issue=50th Anniversary of the Freedom Charter ... 10/13/2005 issue=Prevention of Blindness
1.90r airmail postcard 6   4/25/2001 issue=Wildlife - The Big 5 d=Syncerus caffer (2001)
1r airmail postcard 5   5/8/1996 issue=Wildlife 1996 d=Ceratotherium simum (1996 South Africa)
1r standard 45   4/26/1997 issue=First Democratic Elections ... 2/11/1998 issue=30th Anniversary of National Sea Rescue Institute
2.10r airmail postcard 21   9/6/2001 issue=Natural Wonders of South Africa ... 8/26/2002 issue=World Summit on Sustainable Development
3.30r airmail postcard 1   9/24/2003 issue=Shaka memorial d=Warrior King of the Zulu
3.30r int. postcard 6   10/9/2003 issue=Engineering and Postal Communication
3.45r airmail postcard 1   9/23/2004 issue=Universal Postal Union Congress 2004
3.65r airmail postcard 8   10/7/2005 issue=World Post Day 2005
3.65r int. airmail 1   9/26/2005 issue=Renewable Energy Sources
3.65r int. airmail postcard 10   5/6/2005 issue=South African Landscape Paintings
3.75r b5 10   7/1/2005 issue=Folklore and Legends
3.80r int. airmail small 1   9/26/2003 issue=Football World Cup Bid
4.25r domestic large 1   9/26/2003 issue=Football World Cup Bid
4.25r int. airmail 1   4/26/2005 issue=National Orders of South Africa
4.25r int. airmail postcard 1   9/26/2005 issue=Renewable Energy Sources
4.25r standard 1   10/3/2005 issue=Christmas 2005
4r int. airmail 3   10/1/2004 issue=Christmas 2004 d=Christ Pantocrator ... 2/23/2005 issue=100th Anniversary of Rotary International
4r standard 10   9/1/2004 issue=Ecology of Table Mountain d=Promerops cafer (2004)
60c standard 6   1/10/1996 issue=African Nations Football Championship 1996 ... 6/8/1996 issue=Youth Day 1996
70c standard 32   7/5/1996 issue=Olympics 1996 ... 4/1/1997 issue=75th Anniversary of South African Navy
Africa Airmail 6   2/4/2011 dt=small African wild cats d=serval (2011) ... 2/22/2012 d=John Dube
Airmail Postcard 67   11/10/2006 issue=Origin of Humankind dt=human ancestors ... 6/19/2019 issue=Famous South African Diamonds
Airmail Postcard Rate 9   11/14/2008 issue=Big Five dt=animals (2008) d=elephant (2008) ... 7/10/2009 dt=gemstones of South Africa d=Rodochrosite
B4 43   9/7/2007 issue=Year of the Pig 2007 ... 2/1/2020 issue=25th Anniversary of SASSA
B5 41   8/22/2007 issue=Centenary of Scouting ... 8/12/2015 issue=Jellyfish of South Africa d=Rhizostoma sp.
DL Fastmail 10   9/20/2013 issue=Symbols of South African Cultures d=Blombos Ochre
Int.Small 54   6/26/2014 issue=Hamilton Naki ... 3/12/2020 issue=South African Woodpeckers dt=South African Woodpeckers d=Campethera notata
International Airmail Letter 2   3/6/2006 d=cyclists, 10/2/2006 issue=Christmas 2006
International Airmail Postage 10   11/2/2009 issue=Dinosaurs 2009 dt=dinosaurs (2009 South Africa)
International Airmail Small Letter 24   10/9/2007 issue=24th UPU Congress ... 8/14/2012 dt=sunbirds (2012) d=collared sunbird (2012)
International Letter 11   6/18/2006 issue=Red Cross War Memorial Children's Hospital 50th ... 11/9/2007 dt=mills of South Africa d=Mostert's Mill, Cape Town
International Postcard 5   12/5/2007 dt=ships of the Union Castle Line d=Dane
International Small Letter 53   3/2/2009 issue=Preserve the Polar Regions and Glaciers d=jellyfish (2009) ... 8/8/2013 issue=Rock Formations and the Cederberg d=Igneous Rock – Karoo National Park
International Small Letter Rate 6   6/14/2009 issue=World Cup 2010 b ... 8/3/2009 dt=Sea and Coastal Birds of South Africa d=Black-backed Seagull
International small packet 1   6/5/2012 issue=Transit of Venus d=diagram of transit of Venus
R 1   5/30/2014 issue=Ukuthunga - To Sew
R5 1   12/5/2014 issue=UNI World Indaba
Registered Letter 1   4/26/2019 issue=25th Anniversary of Democracy
Registered Letter Small 10   7/26/2013 issue=Port Elizabeth Centenary
Registered small 10   8/20/2014 issue=Lighthouses of South Africa ... 8/10/2017 issue=South African National Parks 2017
Small Registered letter rate 4   3/12/2010 issue=International Year of Biodiversity
Southern Africa Small Letter 5   1/18/2010 issue=Bridging the Digital Divide
Standard 123   2/11/2014 issue=Nelson Mandela memorial ... 1/31/2020 issue=Poets of Word and Sound d=Willie Kgotsitsile
Standard Letter 6   10/8/2008 issue=Onderstepoort Centenary ... 10/9/2008 issue=World Post Day 2008 dt=old post office buildings d=Frankfort Post Office
Standard Postage 223   2/15/2006 dt=rock art ... 12/12/2013 issue=The Union Building Centenary
1/2c 4   2/14/1961 issue=1961 ... 11/1972 issue=1972
1c 20   1961 issue=1961 due c ... 9/3/1993 issue=1993 dt=Endangered Fauna (1993) d=Heleophryne rosei (1993)
1 1/2c 2   2/14/1961 issue=1961, 5/31/1961 issue=1961b d=Afrikander bull
2c 20   1961 dkvio&blk issue=1961 due c ... 9/3/1993 issue=1993 dt=Endangered Fauna (1993) d=Bradypodion tachiabronchum
2 1/2c 22   2/14/1961 issue=1961 ... 8/24/1970 issue=Bible Society 150th d=sower in stained glass
3c 12   5/31/1961 scar&blblk issue=1961b d=crimson-breasted shrike ... 7/15/1982 vio issue=1982 engraved dt=South African Architecture
3 1/2c 1   2/14/1961 issue=1961 d=flag of South Africa
4c 50   1961 grn&dkgrn issue=1961 due c ... 7/15/1982 ol issue=1982 engraved dt=South African Architecture
5c 45   1961 graybl&blk issue=1961 due c ... 10/27/2010 issue=Crafts 2010
6c 11   2/14/1961 orgred&blk issue=1961 due ... 7/15/1982 grn issue=1982 litho dt=South African Architecture
7c 5   5/31/1966 issue=Republic 5th d=Table Mountain ... 7/15/1982 graygrn issue=1982 litho dt=South African Architecture
7 1/2c 2   2/14/1961 issue=1961, 5/31/1961 issue=1961b d=corn (1961 South Africa)
8c 8   5/15/1972 bl issue=1972 due ... 1/19/1983 dt=Weather Stations
9c 8   11/1972 issue=1972 d=Protea flower ... 7/15/1982 redpur issue=1982 litho dt=South African Architecture
10c 35   1961 brnlil&viobrn issue=1961 due c ... 10/27/2010 issue=Crafts 2010
11c 7   4/2/1984 car issue=1982 litho ... 2/22/1985 dt=paintings by Frans Oerder
12c 5   4/1/1985 issue=1982 ... 1/20/1986 issue=Blood Donor Campaign
12 1/2c 17   2/14/1961 dkgrn&dkbrn issue=1961 d=springbok (1961) ... 5/22/1971 issue=Antarctic Treaty 10th
14c 8   11/11/1974 issue=1974 ... 3/6/1987 dt=beetles (1987) d=Cicindela regalis
15c 57   5/15/1972 d=lamb (1972) ... 12/1/1982 dt=dinosaurs (1982 South Africa) d=Lystrosaurus
16c 9   4/1/1987 red issue=1982 ... 2/9/1989 issue=living coelacanth discovery 50th d=West Indian Ocean coelacanth Latimeria chalumnae
16+10c 8   11/16/1987 redpur issue=Natal Flood Relief Fund ... 4/13/1988 issue=National Flood Relief Fund 1988 b
18c 6   5/3/1989 dt=soil conservation (1989) d=desertification ... 2/15/1990 issue=Co-operation in Southern Africa d=Cahora Bassa Dam & map of southern Africa
20c 42   2/14/1961 issue=1961 ... 10/27/2010 issue=Crafts 2010
21c 16   5/12/1990 issue=Penny Black 150th ... 2/21/1991 dt=Animal Breeding in South Africa d=Columba livia (1991)
25c 35   11/11/1974 issue=1974 ... 5/30/1991 issue=30th Anniversary of Republic
27c 5   10/1/1991 issue=Establishment of Post Office Ltd and Telekom Ltd ... 2/6/1992 issue=Environmental Conservation
30c 37   11/11/1974 issue=1974 ... 10/27/2010 issue=Crafts 2010
30+10c 2   4/13/1988 issue=National Flood Relief Fund 1988 b
35c 21   9/1/1988 issue=1988 dt=succulents (1988) d=Dinteranthus wilmotianus ... 1/28/1993 dt=South African Harbors
40c 22   1/19/1983 dt=Weather Stations ... 10/27/2010 issue=Crafts 2010
40+10c 2   4/13/1988 issue=National Flood Relief Fund 1988 b
45c 16   8/24/1984 dt=South African Bridges d=Gouritz river ... 7/1/1994 issue=International Year of the Family
50c 38   2/14/1961 issue=1961 ... 10/27/2010 issue=Crafts 2010
50+10c 2   4/13/1988 issue=National Flood Relief Fund 1988 b
55c 3   6/24/1992 issue=Sports 1992 ... 9/3/1993 issue=1993 dt=Endangered Fauna (1993) d=Proteles cristatus (1993)
60c 35   5/30/1991 issue=30th Anniversary of Republic ... 10/27/2010 issue=Crafts 2010
65c 4   10/9/1991 dt=South African Scientists d=Dr. Robert Broom ... 10/8/1993 issue=National Stamp Day 1993 dt=Early 19th Century Postal Services
70c 14   6/24/1992 issue=Sports 1992 ... 10/27/2010 issue=Crafts 2010
75c 1   9/3/1993 issue=1993 dt=Endangered Fauna (1993) d=Poecilogale albinucha
80c 4   9/3/1993 issue=1993 dt=Endangered Fauna (1993) d=Otis kori ... 10/27/2010 issue=Crafts 2010
85c 10   10/9/1991 dt=South African Scientists d=Dr. Alex du Toit ... 10/2/1995 issue=1993 dt=Endangered Fauna (1993) d=Serinus citrinipectus
90c 9   9/1/1988 issue=1988 dt=succulents (1988) d=Dioscorea elephantipes ... 10/27/2010 issue=Crafts 2010
95c 10   4/8/1994 issue=Peace Campaign dt=Children's Paintings (1994) ... 2/1/1995 dt=aviation anniversaries (1995)
1.00r 1   6/1/1996 issue=Gerard Sekoto Commemoration
= 1r 12   2/14/1961 issue=1961 ... 10/27/2010 issue=Crafts 2010
1.05r 5   6/24/1992 issue=Sports 1992 ... 1/28/1994 dt=Export fruits d=Prunus domestica
1.15r 5   4/8/1994 issue=Peace Campaign dt=Children's Paintings (1994) ... 5/25/1995 issue=Rugby World Cup 1995
1.20r 1   8/27/1997 issue=Antarctic Fauna d=Stercorarius skua (1997)
1.25r 1   1/28/1994 dt=Export fruits d=Citrus sinensis (1994)
1.30r 39   6/23/2000 issue=Frogs of South Africa d=Strongylopus bonaespei ... 1/24/2001 issue=South African Myths and Legends
1.35r 1   5/13/1994 dt=Tugboats (1994)
1.40r 59   1/28/1994 dt=Export fruits d=Persea americana (1994) ... 11/2/2001 issue=Marine Life 2001 d=Cephalopholis miniatus (2001 South Africa)
1.50r 7   6/5/2000 issue=Wildlife 2000 d=Tawny Eagle (2000) ... 11/13/2002 issue=Christmas 2002
1.60r 1   6/16/2001 issue=Butterflies 2001 dt=butterflies (2001 South Africa) d=Junonia hierta cebrene (2001)
1.65r 2   4/27/2003 issue=10th Anniversary of the Death of Chris Hani d=Chris Hani, 7/23/2003 issue=Dances 2003 dt=Dances (2003)
1.70r 1   8/27/1997 issue=Antarctic Fauna d=Aptenodytes patagonicus (1997)
1.80r 1   9/20/2002 issue=Moths 2002 d=Bunaea alcinoe (2002)
1.90r 3   11/1/2000 issue=butterflies 2000 dt=butterflies (2000 South Africa) d=Charaxes druceanus (2000) ... 8/23/2001 issue=Musical Instruments 2001 dt=musical instruments (2001 South Africa)
2.00r 5   6/1/1996 issue=Gerard Sekoto Commemoration ... 6/23/1999 issue=900th Anniversary of Order of St. John of Jerusalem d=Nelson Mandela in Mantle of Order
= 2r 10   5/27/1977 issue=1977 dt=Succulents d=Orothamnus zeyheri ... 10/27/2010 issue=Crafts 2010
2.10r 2   6/16/2001 issue=Butterflies 2001 dt=butterflies (2001 South Africa) d=Charaxes jasius saturnus, 8/7/2001 issue=3rd United Nations World Conference Against Racism
2.20r 4   9/1/2000 issue=Olympics 2000 ... 7/23/2003 issue=Dances 2003 dt=Dances (2003)
2.30r 9   6/5/2000 issue=Wildlife 2000 d=Gyps coprotheres (2000) ... 1/24/2001 issue=South African Myths and Legends
2.40r 40   5/28/2010 issue=Constitution Hill ... 9/23/2010 issue=Heritage Site Richtersveld d=Namaqua chameleon Chamaeleo namaquensis
2.50r 4   5/12/2001 issue=Kgalagadi Transfrontier Wildlife Park d=Acinonyx jubatus (2001) ... 5/23/2011 issue=The Constitution
2.80r 2   9/20/2002 issue=Moths 2002 d=Aganais speciosa (2002), 7/23/2003 issue=Dances 2003 dt=Dances (2003)
2.90r 1   5/12/2001 issue=Kgalagadi Transfrontier Wildlife Park d=Philetairus socius
3.00r 3   2/12/1997 issue=HONG KONG '97 ... 8/23/2001 issue=100th Anniversary of the Anglo-Boer War c d=Captain Thomas Crean VC
= 3r 6   12/12/1997 issue=Endangered Fauna 1997 d=Giraffa camelopardalis (1997) ... 10/27/2010 issue=Crafts 2010
3.30r 2   5/31/2002 issue=100th Anniversary of the Treaty of Vereeniging, 7/23/2003 issue=Dances 2003 dt=Dances (2003)
3.35r 3   10/16/2003 issue=10th Anniversary of Diplomatic Relations with India ... 12/9/2003 issue=10th Anniversary of Diplomatic Relations with Thailand - Joint Issue with Thailand d=Elephas maximus (2003)
3.60r 7   5/12/2001 issue=Kgalagadi Transfrontier Wildlife Park d=Suricata suricatta (2001) ... 10/21/2016 issue=South African Biospheres
3.80r 2   7/23/2003 issue=Dances 2003 dt=Dances (2003), 11/3/2003 issue=Christmas 2003
4.00r 5   11/11/2004 issue=South African Large Telescope
4.35r 1   5/15/2004 issue=100th Anniversary of FIFA
4.40r 2   10/25/2000 issue=100th Anniversary of the Anglo-Boer War b d=Arthur Conan Doyle and Winston Churchill
4.50r 2   5/2/1997 issue=SAPDA '97 d=Year of the Ox, 10/8/1997 issue=Cape Town '97
4.60r 4   5/22/2000 issue=STAMP SHOW 2000 d=Tauraco persa corythaix ... 2/1/2001 issue=HONG KONG 2001
4.75r 3   10/9/2002 issue=25th Anniversary of the Death of Steve Biko d=Steve Biko ... 12/4/2002 issue=Total Solar Eclipse, 4 December 2002
4.90r 13   6/11/2010 issue=World Cup 2010 ... 11/5/2010 issue=South African Quiz
5.00r 8   10/19/1995 issue=STAMPEX '95 d=Promoting "ILSAPEX 1998" ... 2/28/2014 issue=Cape Town - World Design Capital 2014
= 5r 17   3/1/1990 issue=1988 dt=succulents (1988) d=Anacampseros albissima ... 8/12/2015 issue=Women's Charter
5.75r 14   4/9/2010 issue=Joint Soccer issue with SAPOA d=Namibia ... 8/6/2010 dt=Grasslands birds d=Yellow breasted pipit
6.00r 15   6/15/2011 dt=South African forest birds d=Green Twinspot ... 6/30/2011 dt=rare musical instruments d=bows
= 6r 2   10/23/2001 issue=Volvo Round the World Yacht Race, 11/2/2001 issue=Year of the Horse 2002
6.30r 3   9/1/2000 issue=Olympics 2000 ... 1/24/2001 issue=South African Myths and Legends
7r 5   6/16/2001 issue=Butterflies 2001 dt=butterflies (2001 South Africa) d=Danaus chrysippus aegyptius ... 11/1/2002 issue=Year of the Goat 2003
9r 1   9/20/2002 issue=Moths 2002 d=Heraclia superba
10r 14   12/12/1997 issue=Endangered Fauna 1997 d=Terathopius ecaudatus - Perf: 14¼ ... 10/9/2014 issue=Post Office People
11.70r 4   5/25/2003 issue=Africa Day 2003 ... 2/27/2004 issue=Year of the Monkey 2004
12.05r 10   10/9/2004 issue=World Post Day 2004 ... 2/9/2005 issue=Year of the Rooster 2005
1234 7   7/15/1982 issue=1982 litho dt=South African Architecture ... 10/27/2010 issue=Crafts 2010 b
12.60r 1   11/1/2000 issue=butterflies 2000 dt=butterflies (2000 South Africa) d=Belenois thysa thysa
14r 1   6/16/2001 issue=Butterflies 2001 dt=butterflies (2001 South Africa) d=Colotis celimene amina
16r 1   9/20/2002 issue=Moths 2002 d=Argema mimosae (2002 South Africa)
20r 4   3/20/1997 d=Haliaeetus vocifer (1997) ... 10/27/2010 issue=Crafts 2010

Used by 2223 stamps of South Africa: (See all uses as list)
postage due 1961 1c issue=1961 due c
postage due 1961 2c dkvio&blk issue=1961 due c
postage due 1961 4c grn&dkgrn issue=1961 due c
postage due 1961 5c graybl&dkbl issue=1961 due c
postage due 1961 5c graybl&blk issue=1961 due c
postage due 1961 10c brnlil&viobrn issue=1961 due c
postage due 2/14/1961 1c red&blk issue=1961 due
postage due 2/14/1961 2c vio&blk issue=1961 due
postage due 2/14/1961 4c issue=1961 due
postage due 2/14/1961 5c graybl&dkbl issue=1961 due
postage due 2/14/1961 6c orgred&blk issue=1961 due
postage due 2/14/1961 10c redbrn&dkbrn issue=1961 due
2/14/1961 1c issue=1961 wmk=coat of arms
2/14/1961 1/2c issue=1961 wmk=coat of arms
2/14/1961 1r issue=1961 wmk=coat of arms
2/14/1961 50c issue=1961 wmk=coat of arms
2/14/1961 20c issue=1961 wmk=coat of arms
2/14/1961 12 1/2c dkgrn&dkbrn issue=1961 d=springbok (1961) wmk=coat of arms
2/14/1961 10c issue=1961 wmk=coat of arms
2/14/1961 5c issue=1961 wmk=coat of arms
2/14/1961 7 1/2c issue=1961 wmk=coat of arms
2/14/1961 1 1/2c issue=1961 wmk=coat of arms
2/14/1961 2c issue=1961 wmk=coat of arms
2/14/1961 3 1/2c issue=1961 d=flag of South Africa wmk=coat of arms
2/14/1961 2 1/2c issue=1961 wmk=coat of arms
... skipping 2173 ...
7/18/2019 Standard issue=Cycads d=Encephalartos laevifolius
7/18/2019 Standard issue=Cycads d=Encephalartos laevifolius
7/18/2019 Standard issue=Cycads d=Encephalartos laevifolius
1/15/2020 Standard issue=Stars and Constellations of the Southern Sky
1/15/2020 Standard issue=Stars and Constellations of the Southern Sky
1/15/2020 Standard issue=Stars and Constellations of the Southern Sky
1/15/2020 Standard issue=Stars and Constellations of the Southern Sky
1/15/2020 Standard issue=Stars and Constellations of the Southern Sky
1/15/2020 Standard issue=Stars and Constellations of the Southern Sky
1/15/2020 Standard issue=Stars and Constellations of the Southern Sky
1/15/2020 Standard issue=Stars and Constellations of the Southern Sky
1/15/2020 Standard issue=Stars and Constellations of the Southern Sky
1/15/2020 Standard issue=Stars and Constellations of the Southern Sky
1/31/2020 Standard issue=Poets of Word and Sound d=Willie Kgotsitsile
1/31/2020 Standard issue=Poets of Word and Sound d=Hugh Masekela
1/31/2020 Standard issue=Poets of Word and Sound d=Philip Tabane
2/1/2020 B4 issue=25th Anniversary of SASSA
2/1/2020 B4 issue=25th Anniversary of SASSA
2/1/2020 B4 issue=25th Anniversary of SASSA
2/1/2020 B4 issue=25th Anniversary of SASSA
3/12/2020 Int.Small issue=South African Woodpeckers dt=South African Woodpeckers d=Campethera notata
3/12/2020 Int.Small issue=South African Woodpeckers dt=South African Woodpeckers d=Dendropicos griseocephalus
3/12/2020 Int.Small issue=South African Woodpeckers dt=South African Woodpeckers d=Dendropicos fuscescens (2020)
3/12/2020 Int.Small issue=South African Woodpeckers dt=South African Woodpeckers d=Geocolaptes olivaceus
3/12/2020 Int.Small issue=South African Woodpeckers dt=South African Woodpeckers d=Chloropicus namaquus

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