Bophuthatswana

Bophuthatswana was a so-called independent tribal homeland within South Africa during the Apartheid era. It was a number of enclaves mostly in the north of South Africa. 
 * 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.



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