Pink Sabi Star (Adenium obesum): The stem and base of this lowveld ‘shrub’ are smooth and rotund, and it is at times leafless and reminiscent of a tiny, stunted baobab except that the colour differs from the coppery colour of the baobab. The obesity of the stem just beneath the…
View More Rhodesia Philately: 1974 Third Definitive Issue – 12½c Adenium obesumAuthor: thedigitalphilatelist
Rhodesia Philately: 1974 Third Definitive Issue – 10c Dicerocaryum zanguebarium
When game animals wandered freely, their hooves often picked up the ‘seedbox’ of this ground creeper with its twin spikes designed for this purpose. The box, or pod, finally fell out of the hoof, sometimes a great distance away, thus widening the distribution of Devil Thorns (Dicerocaryum zanguebarium). Cattle fulfil…
View More Rhodesia Philately: 1974 Third Definitive Issue – 10c Dicerocaryum zanguebariumRhodesia Philately: 1974 Third Definitive Issue – 7½c Gloriosa superba
Flame Lily (Gloriosa superba): Rhodesia’s national flower, often found near or on rocky kopjes in good humus soil, and visited by the migrating African Vagrant butterflies when it blooms in December. The Shona name of Kajongwe is particularly apt for, as the wind shakes the plant, so the bright red…
View More Rhodesia Philately: 1974 Third Definitive Issue – 7½c Gloriosa superbaRhodesia Philately: 1974 Third Definitive Issue – 6c Thunbergia lancifolia
The Wild Thunbergia (Thunbergia lancifolia) flowers at the commencement of the wet season in Rhodesia, usually November. It is very common, especially along the sandveld of the central watershed. There is great variation in the intensity of the colours. The saying ‘shades of blue’ springs to mind when seeing these…
View More Rhodesia Philately: 1974 Third Definitive Issue – 6c Thunbergia lancifoliaRhodesia Philately: 1974 Third Definitive Issue – 4c Reedbuck
The Reedbuck (Redunca arundinum) is very widely distributed, and inhabits reedy vlei country and always remains near water of one sort or another, hence it may sometimes be seen at Dom Pan, Wankie National Park. It is often the quarry of hunting dogs, when it will try to avoid the…
View More Rhodesia Philately: 1974 Third Definitive Issue – 4c ReedbuckRhodesia Philately: 1974 Third Definitive Issue – 3c Roan Antelope
The long-legged sauntering walk and proudly nodding head at once suggest a thoroughbred, while the exceptionally haughty bearing marks this antelope as one of the ‘royals’ among big game. Savannah country well studded with thorn trees and scrub mixed with mopane trees are favoured by the Roan Antelope (Ozanna equina equina).…
View More Rhodesia Philately: 1974 Third Definitive Issue – 3c Roan AntelopeRhodesia Philately: 1974 Third Definitive Issue – 2½c Eland
The Eland (Taurotragus oryx) is a herd animal frequenting several types of contrasting country, from Kalahari sandveld to the grassy mountainsides of the Eastern Highlands of Rhodesia. Just above Melsetter village a sanctuary has been established for the remnants of herds that once flourished in the area. The Eland is…
View More Rhodesia Philately: 1974 Third Definitive Issue – 2½c ElandAustralia Philately: 1974 International Society Conference for Music Education
A pictorial postmarker and a temporary post office were provided for the XIth International Conference of the International Society for Music Education held in Perth W.A.. over the period 5th to 12th August, 1974. The postmarker was used to cancel 3,476 articles. Details Date: 5 August 1974 – 12 August 1974…
View More Australia Philately: 1974 International Society Conference for Music EducationBahamas Philately: Caribe Tourist Promotions (130700 Series – Type AA)
This is similar to Type A but the “Printed in U.S.A.” appears with the Koppel Color logo, and there is additional information in the publisher’s details. Details Publisher: Caribe Tourist Promotions, Carolina, Puerto Rico Distributor: Printer: Koppel Color, Hawthorne, New Jersey, USA Process: Photographer: Herbert E Miller Year: 1979 Series: 130700
View More Bahamas Philately: Caribe Tourist Promotions (130700 Series – Type AA)Bahamas Philately: Emerald Beach Hotel (Hotel Corporation of Bahamas)
In August 1974, the Hyatt Emerald Beach hotel was purchased by the Government for $4.8m. The hotel was marketed as part of The Great Resorts of Cable Beach. By 1978, the hotel came under the management of Dallas-based Jar Tar Hotels and became the Emerald Beach Hotel – A Jack…
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