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All Forums Category: World Stamps and Covers Discussions Forum: World Modern Stamps Mint and Used

A Couple Of South African Stamps

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Posted 11/10/2012 4:36 pm

I came across these two today. I thought they were kind of cool. I wonder if they were issued at same time or one replaced the other.

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Posted 11/10/2012 5:01 pm

Same time. For a while South Africa was issuing stamps in pairs in both official languages, English and Afrikaans.

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Posted 11/10/2012 5:18 pm

They are generally collected as joined pairs, though the catalogues do price them individually, as well.

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Posted 11/10/2012 8:10 pm

Thanks. That's one language Afrikaans, I have no experience with.

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Posted 11/12/2012 04:38 am

I studied/was forced to study Afrikaans in school - it was by far my worst subject. I can speak some and understand some more

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Posted 11/12/2012 06:41 am

Thankfully nobody had to learn or study all of the languages on this South African stamp... over 70 translations for "the Bible" are there.

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Posted 11/12/2012 06:47 am

South Africa has 11 official languages - You can see the languages on the fauna and flora definitives. I was taught English, Afrikaans and Zulu.

Scotzm the stamp you show above comes from one of my favourite sets - because it includes the withdrawn 40c stamp of which only 1500 copies are said to have made it to the post office.

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Posted 07/04/2017 8:57 pm

Sc#1182 2000
How is this for camouflage ?

If you were a predator, you would swear this fish was facing left, with a big black eye.
Look again.

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Posted 07/04/2017 10:37 pm

Even Steiner put them in pair

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