Australia Philately: 1973 Legacy 50th Anniversary – First Day Covers No.52 & No.53 (VIC)

3000 – LATROBE STREET 3000 – PHILATELIC BUREAU 3000 – RUSSELL STREET 3020 – SUNSHINE 3032 – ASCOT VALE 3046 – GLENROY 3084 – ROSANNA 3122 – HAWTHORN 3162 – CAUFIELD SOUTH 3175 – DANDENONG 3192 – SOUTHLAND CENTRE 3820 – WARRAGUL 3971 – YARRAM

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Malawi Philately: 1973 Traditional Musical Instruments – 30t Kaligo/one-stringed fiddle

A Kaligo is a one-stringed tube fiddle of the Chewa people in southern and central Malawi; the projecting tip of the neck acts as string-holder. Details Designer: Jennifer Toombs Printer: Questa Colour Security Printers Ltd (House of Questa) Process: Lithography Paper:  Watermark: Cockerels (Upright) Perf: 14 (comb) Cylinders: Black, Yellow, Blue, Brown, Dark…

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Malawi Philately: 1973 Traditional Musical Instruments – 15t Ng’oma/hand drum

Ngoma (also called engoma or ng’oma or ingoma) are musical instruments used by certain Bantu populations of Africa. Ngoma is derived from the Kongo word for “drum”. Different Bantu-inhabited regions have their own traditions of percussion, with different names for their instruments. In Kikongo, “ngoma” is used by extension to…

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Malawi Philately: 1973 Traditional Musical Instruments – 8t Bangwe/hand zither

Bangwe is a board zither with mostly seven and up to 14 strings, which is played for entertainment in Malawi and central Mozambique . Male storytellers from the Sena, a Bantu-speaking ethnic group in southern Malawi, accompany their songs and moral stories with a bangwe , which is placed in…

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Malawi Philately: 1973 Traditional Musical Instruments – 3t Kalimba/thumb dulcitone

Mbira are a family of musical instruments, traditional to the Shona people of Zimbabwe. It is also known as a Kalimba, thumb piano, or thumb dulcitone. They consist of a wooden board (often fitted with a resonator) with attached staggered metal tines, played by holding the instrument in the hands…

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