Token 38 – South West Africa – Windhoek Bus Token, Stage 1 – Yellow

Token 38 – South West Africa – Windhoek Bus Token, Stage 1 – Yellow

An original yellow Windhoek bus token for Stage 1, representing the early stage of a historic public-transport fare system in Windhoek, South West Africa.

This distinctive round token, with its central hole and bright yellow colouring, is a particularly interesting piece of transportation exonumia. Rather than representing a private merchant or commercial establishment, it relates to everyday public transport and the movement of passengers through historic Windhoek.

The use of staged fares in Windhoek is historically documented: official South West African records from the late 1960s refer to municipal bus services operating different charges according to stages and distances. This provides useful historical context for the stage-based system represented by these tokens.

The yellow Stage 1 token is especially attractive to collectors because of its distinctive colour and clear association with the Windhoek bus system. The matching red Stage 2 token (Token 37) makes an especially interesting companion, representing the next stage in the same transport system.

Offered as a pair, Token 38 and Token 37 could therefore form a particularly appealing small collection of Windhoek transportation tokens, illustrating different stages through their contrasting colours.

A fascinating original piece for collectors of South West Africa (Namibia), Windhoek history, transportation tokens, exonumia and everyday colonial-era African memorabilia.