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Postage stamps and postal history of Namibia
The story of the postage stamps and postal history of Namibia, formerly known as South West Africa (SWA), begins with the South African Armed Forces defeat of the Imperial German Army in the colony of German South West Africa in 1915.
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South African stamps
After the South African victory, South African stamps were used in SWA in a period that has been categorised as the forerunners period (1914-1923).
Overprints
In 1922, following a League of Nations mandate, South Africa was awarded the responsibility to administer the colony. Between 1923 and 1952 South African stamps were overprinted with South West Africa and Zuid West Africa or simply SWA. Stamps inscribed South West Africa and Suides-Afrika were also issued.[1]
After World War II the Mandate was supposed to become a United Nations Trust Territory, but South Africa objected to South West Africa coming under U.N. control. It refused to allow the territory's transition to independence, regarding it as a fifth province.[2]
Last stamps of South West Africa
In 1989 the last stamps of South West Africa were a set of 15 depicting minerals and mining. The stamps were unusual in that only a short while after their issue the illegal Republic of South West Africa was declared independent, becoming Namibia. As the stamps were new, most of the designs were kept with only the name changed (cuprite was dropped and willemite added for the Namibian issue). Another problem was that one of the stamps, for boltwoodite, had an error in its chemical equation. This was corrected in the Namibian issue.[3]
Namibia
Namibia has issued regular definitive and commemorative stamps since independence.
See also
References
- ^ Revenue Stamps of South Africa 1902 - 1930 by Brian Trotter, Royal Philatelic Society London, 20 November 2003. Retrieved 13 February 2011.
- ^ Cedric Thornberry (2004). A Nation Is Born: The Inside Story of Namibia's Independence. Gamsberg Macmillan Publishers Ltd.. p. 9–11. ISBN 978-99916-0-521-0.
- ^ Minerals on Stamps by Paul Glover, 14 November 2008. Retrieved 13 February 2011.
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