Zambia Philately: 1973 Our Country Over 200 Million Years Ago – 9n Broken Hill Man

Homo rhodesiensis is the species name proposed by Arthur Smith Woodward (1921) to classify Kabwe 1 (the “Kabwe skull” or “Broken Hill skull”, also “Rhodesian Man”), a Middle Stone Age fossil recovered from Broken Hill mine in Kabwe, Northern Rhodesia (now Zambia). I

The stamp appears to be a complete artistic reconstruction of the skull based on a photo taken in 1921.

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  • Designer: John Waddington of Kirkstall Ltd, Leeds, England
  • Printer: Questa Colour Security Printers Pty Ltd (House of Questa)
  • Process: Lithography
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  • Watermark: None
  • Perf: 14 x 13.5 (comb)
  • Cylinders: Cyan Yellow Purple Black Red
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