Agriculture has consistently been a major contributor to the economy and the subject of this stamp, “Wheat Harvesting”, fittingly pays tribute to the dramatic break-through in wheat production in the last three years. From almost nothing to self-sufficiency in less than a decade is the ambitious programme now enthusiastically and energetically under way.
Details
- Designer: Rose Martin
- Printer: Mardon Printers (Pvt.) Ltd., Salisbury, Rhodesia
- Process: Lithography
- Paper: Chromo with brown gum
- Watermark: None
- Perf: 14.5 (comb)
- Cylinders:
- 1st Printing – 1A (Black) 1A (Magenta) 1A (Cyan) 1A (Yellow)
- 2nd Printing – 1A (Black) 1A (Magenta) 1A (Cyan) 1A (Yellow)
- 3rd Printing – 1A (Black) 1A (Cyan) 1A (Magenta) 1A (Yellow)
- Sheet: 10 x 10 (100)
- Quantity:
- 1st Printing – 7,740,000 (Sheet No. 001-38,700)
- 2nd Printing – 2,880,000 (Sheet No. 38701-53100)
- 3rd Printing – 4,800,000 (Sheet No.53,101-77,100)
- Reprints:
- 17 January 1972 (2nd Printing)
- 1 January 1973 (3rd Printing)
Sheet Numbers (1st Printing)
Sheet Numbers (2nd Printing)
Sheet Numbers (3rd Printing)
