MANDELA NELSON: (1918-2013) South African anti-apartheid activist, the first President of South Africa 1994-99. Nobel Peace Prize winner, 1993. A press sheet comprising 25 identical postage stamps issued to commemorate the Inkululeko (Translation from Zulu: Freedom) of Ciskei on 4th December 1981 and featuring an image of the country's coat of arms. Signed by Mandela in black ink to the upper white border and dated 2nd August 1996 in his hand. About EX On 4th December 1981 Ciseki, in the southeast of South Africa, became the fourth homeland to be declared independent by the South African government, following an independence referendum the year before. It was reintegrated into South Africa on 27th April 1994.