Southern Rhodesia Philately: 1953 Definitive Series – 2d Rhodes’ Grave

Details

• Series: 1953 Definitive Series
• Subject: Rhodes Grave 
• Designer: 
• Printer: Bradbury Wilkinson & Co Ltd, New Malden, Surrey, England
• Process: Recess
• Paper: 
• Watermark: None
• Perf: 13.5 x 14 (comb)
• Plates: None
• Sheet: 
  • Printed in two sheets consisting of 60 (R6 x 10) stamps each sheet and divided by gutter
  • Distributed in single sheets of 60 stamps.
• Quantity:
  • 30,000,000 (ordered)
  • 16,809,000 (sold)

Imprint

Sheet Numbers

Varieties

• Head plate: Brown vs Reddish-Brown

• Bottom margin imperforate vs perforated through

• Imprint 9mm from base of frame vs imprint 6mm from base of frame.

Maximum Cards (Unofficial)

References

• Rhodesian Study Circle: 1953 QEII Pictorial Definitive Issue