Bophuthatswana

Bophuthatswana was a so-called independent tribal land within South Africa during the Apartheid era. It was made up of a number of enclaves mostly in the north of South Africa.  File:Bophuthatswana flag.jpg|1977 20c flag File:Bophuthatswana beermaking.jpg|1979 15c beermaking File:Bophuthatswana basketball.jpg|1987 14c netball 
 * In 1977, it issued an independence issue and its first definitives. All stamps were inscribed BOPHUTHATSWANA with no mention of South Africa.
 * Beginning in August 1979, year dates were added to the bottom margins of stamps.
 * Bophuthatswana's last issue was released in March 1994. The homeland returned to South Africa in April.