Zambia Philately: 1970 Zambian Traditional Crafts – 5n Clay Smoking Pipe Bowl

A smoking pipe is used to inhale the smoke of a burning substance; most common is a tobacco pipe, which can also accommodate almost any other substance. A bowl, when referred to in pipe smoking, is the part of a smoking pipe or bong that is used to hold tobacco, cannabis, or other substances.

In Zambia, pipe bowl are suggested to have been used to smoke tobacco, with tobacco and hot coals being placed into the bowl and smoked by men of the community.

Details
  • Designer: Gabriel Ellison
  • Printer: Thomas De La Rue & Co Ltd
  • Process: Lithography (Delacryl process)
  • Paper: 
  • Watermark: None
  • Perf: 14 (comb)
  • Cylinders: Printed in four panes, separated by vertical and horizontal gutters, and guillotined through vertical gutter for distribution.
    • 1B (Black) 1B (Greyish Brown) 1B (Orange) : 1A (Black) 1A (Greyish Brown) 1A (Orange) [upper left: lower left]
    • 1D (Black) 1D (Greyish Brown) 1D (Orange) : 1C (Black) 1C (Greyish Brown) 1C (Orange) [upper right: lower right]
  • Sheet: R5 x 5 (25 stamps)
  • Quantity:
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References
  • Zambia’s Postage Stamps: The Post-Federation Stamp Issues of Northern Rhodesia (1963-1971) – A. R. Drysdall, J. Case
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