Bophuthatswana
Paleontology
related stamps (fossils, dinosaurs and other prehistoric
animals)
Bophuthatswana, officially the Republic of
Bophuthatswana, was a Bantustan and nominal parliamentary
democracy in the northwestern region of South Africa. Its seat of
government was Mmabatho. Bophuthatswana was the first area to
be declared an independent state whose territory constituted a
scattered patchwork of individual enclaves. During its last days of
existence, events taking place within its borders led to the weakening
and split of right-wing Afrikaner resistance towards democratizing
South Africa. In 1994, it was reintegrated into South Africa,
and its territory was distributed among the new provinces of the Orange
Free State (now Free State), Northern Cape, and North West Province. More information
about Bophuthatswana are on
Wikipedia
The
South African homelands of Bophuthatswana issued its own stamps
between 1977–1994. There are no Paleontology
related stamps issued issued by the country, but special cover and
commemorative postmark: 60th anniversary of Australopithecus
discovery in Taung"
The Taung Child (or Taung Baby) is the
fossilised skull of a young Australopithecus africanus. It was
discovered in 1924 by quarrymen working for the Northern Lime Company
in Taung, South Africa. Raymond Dart described it as a new species in
the journal Nature in 1925. The Taung skull is in repository at
the University of Witwatersrand. Dean Falk, a specialist in brain
evolution, has called it "the most important anthropological fossil of
the twentieth century."
The
South African homelands of Bophuthatswana issued its own stamps
between 1977–1994. There are no Paleontology
related stamps issued issued by the country, but special cover and
commemorative postmark: 60th anniversary of Australopithecus
discovery in Taung"