SOUTH AFRICA

SOUTH AFRICA / SUID-AFRIKA.

150th anniversary of the University of Cape Town.
Devil's Peak and University campus.
Stamp issued on 01.10.1979.
Face value: 4 cents of South African rand.
Printing: Offset lithography.
Size: 40.5 x 24 mm.

Catalogs
- Michel No. 561.
- Scott No. 524.
- South African Stamp Catalog No.  469.
- StampWorld No. 582.
- Stanley Gibbons No. 465.
- Yvert et Tellier No. 466.

Devil's Peak (Afrikaans: Duiwelspiek) is part of the mountainous backdrop to Cape Town. Its height is 1,087 m (3,566 ft). At its feet, on the coast, Jan van Riebeeck founded in 1652 the first settlement of present-day Cape Town for the Dutch East India Company. Some of the first Cape farms were established on the slopes of Devil's Peak, along the Liesbeek River. In 1829 the South African College was founded at his feet, which in 1918 officially became the University of Cape Town (UCT), one of the most prestigious in Africa.

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Thanks to Kazimierz R. Leszczyński for his contribution (http://leszkarozdub.blogspot.com).