Details Series: 1966 Independence Definitive Issue Subject: Cattle Designer: Victor Whiteley Printer: Harrisons and Sons Ltd, London Overprint: Mardon Printers (Pvt.) Ltd., Salisbury, Rhodesia Process: Photogravure Paper: White paper with clear gum Watermark: None Perf: 14.5 x 14 (comb) Cylinders: 1A 1A 1A Sheet: R6 x 10 (60 stamps) Quantity: 39,300 Sheet…
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Rhodesia Philately: 1966 Independence Definitive Issue – 2/6d Tiger Fish
Details Series: 1966 Independence Definitive Issue Subject: Tiger Fish Designer: Victor Whiteley Printer: Harrisons and Sons Ltd, London Overprint: Mardon Printers (Pvt.) Ltd., Salisbury, Rhodesia Process: Photogravure Paper: White paper with clear gum Watermark: None Perf: 13.5 x 13 (comb) Cylinders: 1A 1A Sheet: R6 x 10 (60 stamps) Quantity: 237,180 Sheet Numbers References The Encyclopaedia of…
View More Rhodesia Philately: 1966 Independence Definitive Issue – 2/6d Tiger FishAustralia Philately: Post Offices & Postmarks
Philatelic Services Philatelic Sales Centre Philatelic Section Postmarks States & Territories Australian Capital Territory (2000) New South Wales (2000) Victoria (3000) Queensland (4000) Northern Territory (5000) South Australia (5000) Western Australia (6000) Tasmania (7000) First Day of Issue Post Offices Feb 1971 – 345 Sep 1972 – 397 including 74…
View More Australia Philately: Post Offices & PostmarksBahamas Philately: Dexter Press Inc (13400-B Series)
Details Publisher: Picture-Point Publications, New York, N.Y. Distributor: Printer: Dexter Press Inc, West Nyack, New York Process: Photographer: Color photograph by Herbert Lanks Year: 1966 Series: 13400-B
View More Bahamas Philately: Dexter Press Inc (13400-B Series)Bahamas Philately: Dexter Press Inc (67800-B Series)
Details Publisher: Picture-Point Publications, New York, N.Y. Distributor: Printer: Dexter Press Inc, West Nyack, New York Process: Photographer: Year: 1966 Series: 67800-B
View More Bahamas Philately: Dexter Press Inc (67800-B Series)Bahamas Philately: Calypso Distributors Ltd (P17300 Series – Type CA1)
This appears to have been only issued as part of a postcard folder. Details Publisher: Distributor: Calypso Distributors Ltd., P. O. Box 6220, M. S., Nassau, Bahamas Printer: Colourpicture, Boston, Mass. 02130 Process: Plastichrome Photographer: Year: 1966 Series: P17300 (Type CA1)
View More Bahamas Philately: Calypso Distributors Ltd (P17300 Series – Type CA1)Zambia Philately: Rhodes-Livingstone Museum
The Rhodes-Livingstone Museum, Livingstone, was designed by Major W J Roberts in Spanish style and officially opened in 1951. The museum acted as the parent museum of the National Museums of Zambia. In 1966 the National Museums Board, a statutory body was created by an Act of Parliament and the…
View More Zambia Philately: Rhodes-Livingstone MuseumZambia Philately: National Museums Board
The National Museums Board is a statutory body created by an Act of Parliament, Chapter 174, of the Laws of Zambia in 1966. The Board’s principal role is to contribute to the national development effort through the establishment, development and management of sustainable museums for the preservation, presentation and promotion…
View More Zambia Philately: National Museums BoardZambia Philately: Kabwe
Kabwe was originally named Broken Hill until 1966. It was founded when lead and zinc deposits were discovered in 1902. The name Kabwe or Kabwe-Ka Mukuba means ‘ore’ or ‘smelting’ but the European/Australian prospectors named it Broken Hill after a similar mine in Broken Hill, New South Wales, Australia. In…
View More Zambia Philately: KabweBahamas Philately: Calypso Distributors Ltd (Freeport)
Calypso Distributors Ltd expanded from Nassau to a second location on the Queen’s Highway, Freeport, Grand Bahama. The operations appear to have began operations here c.1966/67 – a year after Calypso Distributors Ltd took over distribution of the Colorpicture Publishers Inc postcards. However, records suggest the operations only began at…
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