The Transkei was an independent country within the borders of the Republic of SA on the south eastern side. The name means “the area beyond the Kei River”. It became an independent state in 1976, but economically was still dependant on the Republic of SA. Together with the Ciskei it was meant as a homeland for the Xhosa-speaking people. In 1994 it was re-integrated into the new democratic Republic of South Africa.
From 1981 until 1994, the Transkei issued its own stamps, but before 1981 and after 1994, South African stamps were used in the area still referred to as the Transkei.
1976
Transkei Scenes & Occupations Series
SG # 1
Unused (Hinged)
SG # 2
Unused (Hinged)
SG # 3
Unused (Hinged)
SG # 4a
Unused (Hinged)
SG # 5a
Unused (Hinged)
SG # 6
Unused (Hinged)
SG # 7
Unused (Hinged)
SG # 8
Unused (Hinged)
SG # 9
Unused (Hinged)
SG # 10a
Used (Hinged)
SG # 11a
Unused (Hinged)
SG # 12a
Unused (NH)
SG # 13
Unused (Hinged)
SG # 14a
Unused (Hinged)
SG # 15
Unused (Hinged)
SG # 16
Unused (Hinged)
SG # 17
Unused (Hinged)
Independence Series
SG # 18
Used (Hinged)
SG # 19
Unused (Hinged)
SG # 21
Unused (Hinged)
1977
Transkei Airways Inaugural Flight Series
SG # 22
Unused (Hinged)
SG # 23
Unused (Hinged)
Medicinal Plants Series (1st Series)
SG # 24
Used (Hinged)
1st Anniversary of Transkei Radio Series
SG # 28
Used (Hinged)
1978
Carved Pipes Series
SG # 33
Used (Hinged)
Weaving Series
SG # 37
Unused (Hinged)
Edible Wild Fruits Series
SG # 41
Unused (NH)
Care of Cripples Series
SG # 45
Unused (NH)
SG # 46
Unused (NH)
SG # 47
Unused (NH)
1979
Water Resources Series
SG # 54
Used (NH)
SG # 55
Unused (NH)
SG # 56
Unused (NH)
Waterfall Series
SG # 58
Mint (NH)
SG # 59
Mint (NH)
SG # 60
Mint (NH)
SG # 61
Mint (NH)
Child Health Series
SG # 62
Unused (NH)
SG # 63
Unused (NH)
SG # 64
Unused (NH)
1980
Fishing Flies 1st Series
SG # 65
Mint (NH)
SG # 66
Mint (NH)
SG # 67
Mint (NH)
SG # 68
Mint (NH)
SG # 69
Mint (NH)
75th Anniversary of Rotary International Series
SG # 70
Mint (NH)
Cycads Series
SG # 71
Mint (NH)
SG # 72
Mint (NH)
SG # 73
Mint (NH)
SG # 74
Mint (NH)
Birds Series
SG # 75
Mint (NH)
SG # 76
Mint (NH)
SG # 77
Mint (NH)
SG # 78
Mint (NH)
Tourism Series
SG # 79
Mint (NH)
SG # 80
Mint (NH)
SG # 81
Mint (NH)
SG # 82
Mint (NH)
1981
Fishing Flies 2nd Series
SG # 83
Mint (NH)
SG # 84
Mint (NH)
SG # 85
Mint (NH)
SG # 86
Mint (NH)
SG # 87
Mint (NH)
Medicinal Plants 2nd Series
SG # 88
Mint (NH)
SG # 89
Mint (NH)
SG # 90
Mint (NH)
SG # 91
Mint (NH)
Xhosa Women’s Headdresses Series
SG # 92
Mint (NH)
SG # 93
Mint (NH)
SG # 94
Mint (NH)
SG # 95
Mint (NH)
5th Anniversary of Independence Series
SG # 97
Mint (NH)
SG # 98
Mint (NH)
1982
Fishing Flies 3rd Series
SG # 99
Mint (NH)
SG # 100
Mint (NH)
SG # 101
Mint (NH)
SG # 102
Mint (NH)
SG # 103
Mint (NH)
75th Anniversary of Boy Scout Movement Series
SG # 104
Mint (NH)
SG # 105
Mint (NH)
SG # 106
Mint (NH)
SG # 107
Mint (NH)
Celebrities of Medicine 1st Series
SG # 108
Mint (NH)
SG # 109
Mint (NH)
SG # 110
Mint (NH)
SG # 111
Mint (NH)
Centenary of Umtata Series
SG # 112
Mint (NH)
SG # 113
Mint (NH)
SG # 114
Mint (NH)
SG # 115
Mint (NH)
1983
Fishing Flies 4th Series
SG # 116
Mint (NH)
SG # 117
Mint (NH)
SG # 118
Mint (NH)
SG # 119
Mint (NH)
SG # 120
Mint (NH)
Wildcoast Holiday Complex, Mzamba Series
SG # 121
Mint (NH)
SG # 122
Mint (NH)
SG # 123
Mint (NH)
SG # 124
Mint (NH)
Celebrities of Medicine 2nd Series
SG # 125
Mint (NH)
SG # 126
Mint (NH)
SG # 127
Mint (NH)
SG # 128
Mint (NH)
Transkei Post Offices 1st Series
SG # 129
Mint (NH)
SG # 130
Mint (NH)
SG # 131
Mint (NH)
SG # 132
Mint (NH)
1984
Fishing Flies 5th Series
SG # 133
Mint (NH)
SG # 134
Mint (NH)
SG # 135
Mint (NH)
SG # 136
Mint (NH)
SG # 137
Mint (NH)
Xhosa Culture Series
SG # 138
Mint (NH)
SG # 139
Mint (NH)
SG # 140
Mint (NH)
SG # 141
Mint (NH)
SG # 142
Mint (NH)
SG # 143
Mint (NH)
SG # 144
Mint (NH)
SG # 145
Mint (NH)
SG # 146
Used (NH)
SG # 146
Mint (NH)
SG # 147
Mint (NH)
SG # 148
Mint (NH)
SG # 148a
Mint (NH)
SG # 148b
Mint (NH)
SG # 149
Mint (NH)
SG # 149a
Mint (NH)
SG # 150
Mint (NH)
SG # 151
Mint (NH)
SG # 152
Mint (NH)
SG # 153
Mint (NH)
SG # 154
Mint (NH)
SG # 155
Mint (NH)
Transkei Post Offices 2nd Series
SG # 156
Mint (NH)
SG # 157
Mint (NH)
SG # 158
Mint (NH)
SG # 159
Mint (NH)
Celebrities of Medicine 3rd Series
SG # 160
Mint (NH)
SG # 161
Mint (NH)
SG # 162
Mint (NH)
SG # 163
Mint (NH)
1985
Soil Conservation Series
SG # 164
Mint (NH)
SG # 165
Mint (NH)
SG # 166
Mint (NH)
SG # 167
Mint (NH)
Bridges Series
SG # 168
Mint (NH)
SG # 169
Mint (NH)
SG # 170
Mint (NH)
SG # 171
Mint (NH)
Match Industry, Butterworth Series
SG # 172
Mint (NH)
SG # 173
Mint (NH)
SG # 174
Mint (NH)
SG # 175
Mint (NH)
Celebrities of Medicine 4th Series
SG # 176
Mint (NH)
SG # 177
Mint (NH)
SG # 178
Mint (NH)
SG # 179
Mint (NH)
1986
Historical Port St Johns Series
SG # 181
Mint (NH)
SG # 182
Mint (NH)
SG # 183
Mint (NH)
SG # 184
Mint (NH)
Aloes Series
SG # 185
Mint (NH)
SG # 186
Mint (NH)
SG # 187
Mint (NH)
SG # 188
Mint (NH)
Hydro-electric Power Stations Series
SG # 189
Mint (NH)
SG # 190
Mint (NH)
SG # 191
Mint (NH)
SG # 192
Mint (NH)
10th Anniversary of Independence Series
SG # 193
Mint (NH)
SG # 194
Mint (NH)
SG # 195
Mint (NH)
SG # 196
Mint (NH)
1987
10th Anniversary of Transkei Airways Corporation Series
SG # 197
Mint (NH)
SG # 198
Mint (NH)
SG # 199
Mint (NH)
SG # 200
Mint (NH)
Transkei Beadwork Series
SG # 201
Mint (NH)
SG # 202
Mint (NH)
SG # 203
Mint (NH)
SG # 204
Mint (NH)
Spiders Series
SG # 205
Mint (NH)
SG # 206
Mint (NH)
SG # 207
Mint (NH)
SG # 208
Mint (NH)
Domestic Animals Series
SG # 209
Mint (NH)
SG # 210
Mint (NH)
SG # 211
Mint (NH)
SG # 212
Mint (NH)
1988
Seaweed Series
SG # 213
Mint (NH)
SG # 214
Mint (NH)
SG # 215
Mint (NH)
SG # 216
Mint (NH)
Blanket Factory Butterworth Series
SG # 217
Mint (NH)
SG # 218
Mint (NH)
SG # 219
Mint (NH)
SG # 220
Mint (NH)
Anniversary of Shipwreck of “Grosvenor” (East Indiaman) Series
SG # 221
Mint (NH)
SG # 222
Mint (NH)
SG # 223
Mint (NH)
SG # 224
Mint (NH)
Endangered Animals Series
SG # 225
Mint (NH)
SG # 226
Mint (NH)
SG # 227
Mint (NH)
SG # 228
Mint (NH)
1989
Trains Series
SG # 229
Mint (NH)
SG # 230
Mint (NH)
SG # 231
Mint (NH)
SG # 232
Mint (NH)
Basketry Series
SG # 233
Mint (NH)
SG # 234
Mint (NH)
SG # 235
Mint (NH)
SG # 236
Mint (NH)
Sea Food Series
SG # 237
Mint (NH)
SG # 238
Mint (NH)
SG # 239
Mint (NH)
SG # 240
Mint (NH)
Trees Series
SG # 241
Unused (NH)
SG # 242
Unused (NH)
SG # 243
Unused (NH)
SG # 244
Unused (NH)
1990
Plant Fossils Series
SG # 245
Mint (NH)
SG # 246
Mint (NH)
SG # 247
Mint (NH)
SG # 248
Mint (NH)
Celebrities of Medicine 5th Series – Diabetes Research
SG # 249
Mint (NH)
SG # 250
Mint (NH)
SG # 251
Mint (NH)
SG # 252
Mint (NH)
Diviners Series
SG # 253
Mint (NH)
SG # 254
Mint (NH)
SG # 255
Mint (NH)
SG # 256
Mint (NH)
Flowers Series
SG # 257
Mint (NH)
SG # 258
Mint (NH)
SG # 259
Mint (NH)
SG # 260
Mint (NH)
1991
Parasitic Plants Series
SG # 261
Mint (NH)
SG # 262
Mint (NH)
SG # 263
Mint (NH)
SG # 264
Mint (NH)
Dolphins Series
SG # 265
Mint (NH)
SG # 266
Mint (NH)
SG # 267
Mint (NH)
SG # 268
Mint (NH)
Endangered Birds Series
SG # 269
Mint (NH)
SG # 270
Mint (NH)
SG # 271
Mint (NH)
SG # 272
Mint (NH)
Celebrities of Medicine 6th Series – Vaccine Development
SG # 273
Mint (NH)
SG # 274
Mint (NH)
SG # 275
Mint (NH)
SG # 276
Mint (NH)
1992
Orchids Series
SG # 277
Mint (NH)
SG # 278
Mint (NH)
SG # 279
Mint (NH)
SG # 280
Mint (NH)
Celebrities of Medicine 7th Series
SG # 281
Mint (NH)
SG # 282
Mint (NH)
SG # 283
Mint (NH)
SG # 284
Mint (NH)
Waterfowl Series
SG # 285
Mint (NH)
SG # 285
Mint (NH)
SG # 286
Mint (NH)
SG # 287
Mint (NH)
SG # 287
Mint (NH)
SG # 288
Mint (NH)
SG # 289/290
Mint (NH)
SG # 289
Mint (NH)
SG # 290
Mint (NH)
SG # 291 and 292
Mint (NH)
SG # 291
Mint (NH)
SG # 292
Mint (NH)
Marine Fossils Series
SG # 293
Mint (NH)
SG # 294
Mint (NH)
SG # 295
Mint (NH)
SG # 296
Mint (NH)
1993
Prehistoric Animals Series
SG # 301
Mint (NH)
SG # 302
Mint (NH)
SG # 303
Mint (NH)
SG # 304
Mint (NH)
Celebrities of Medicine 8th Series
SG # 305
Mint (NH)
SG # 306
Mint (NH)
SG # 307
Mint (NH)
SG # 308
Mint (NH)
Doves Series
SG # 309
Prestamped (NH)
SG # 310
Prestamped (NH)
SG # 311
Prestamped (NH)
SG # 312
Prestamped (NH)