Abstract
The South African Post Office and its proxies have been issuing postage stamps and related postal materials featuring rock art since 1931, first in South West Africa, later in the Republic of Venda, and subsequently in South Africa. Rock art has also appeared on stamps issued by many other countries across the world. In this broader context, the stamps can be seen as showcasing the cultural heritage of the issuing countries, but rock art has also been coopted and commodified for other purposes, such as political agendas or to promote philatelic sales. In the case of South Africa and its puppet states, the choice of image and the design of the postal materials have followed trends in the shifting status of the Bushman people and the way rock art has been viewed and understood.
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