Coat of arms of Stellaland

The coat of arms appears to have been designed and adopted shortly after Stellaland was proclaimed a republic in August 1883.

[2] The Executive Council gave the standard to Queen Victoria of the United Kingdom in 1885[3][4] It was returned by her descendant King George V in 1934, and hung in the Vryburg town hall.

[2][5][6] The Vryburg municipality adopted the arms in 1931, and were added to the mayor's chain of office in 1956.

[2] The arms were formally granted to the municipality by the administrator of the Cape Province in 1966,[7] and registered at the Bureau of Heraldry in 1970.

As these are not the colours of the arms as depicted on the government flag, the postage stamps are evidently incorrect in this respect.