Sir Winston Leonard Spencer Churchill (30 November 1874 – 24 January 1965) was a British statesman, soldier, and writer who served as Prime Minister of the United Kingdom twice, from 1940 to 1945 during the Second World War, and again from 1951 to 1955. Apart from two years between 1922…
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Rhodesia Philately: 1966 Independence Definitive Issue – 2d Tobacco
Details Subject: Tobacco 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 (comb) Cylinders: 1A 1A Sheet: R20 x 12 (240 stamps) Quantity: 1,013,680 Sheet Numbers
View More Rhodesia Philately: 1966 Independence Definitive Issue – 2d TobaccoRhodesia Philately: 1966 Independence Definitive Issue – 4d Citrus
Details Subject: Kieffer Pear 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 (comb) Cylinders: 1A 1A Sheet: R20 x 12 (240 stamps) Quantity: 959,280 Sheet Numbers
View More Rhodesia Philately: 1966 Independence Definitive Issue – 4d CitrusRhodesia Philately: 1966 Independence Definitive Issue – 3d Kudu
Details Series: 1966 Independence Definitive Issue Subject: Kudu 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 (comb) Cylinders: 1A 1A Sheet: R20 x 12 (240 stamps) Quantity: 938,880 Sheet Numbers
View More Rhodesia Philately: 1966 Independence Definitive Issue – 3d KuduRhodesia Philately: 1966 Independence Definitive Issue – 1d Buffalo
The buffalo shown on the stamp was the subject of a Kodachrome transparency. Details Series: 1966 Independence Definitive Issue Subject: Buffalo 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 (comb) Cylinders: 1A 1A…
View More Rhodesia Philately: 1966 Independence Definitive Issue – 1d BuffaloRhodesia Philately: 1966 Independence Definitive Issue – ½d Maize
The source of this design was an artist’s impression of a partly exposed cob, and it was originally intended for the 3d stamp, in two colours – “corn-yellow” and blue. The addition of a third colour, yellow-green for the leaves, was subsequently requested, and the fact that this would add…
View More Rhodesia Philately: 1966 Independence Definitive Issue – ½d MaizeRhodesia Philately: 1966 Independence Definitive Issue – £1 Coat of Arms
The source of the image for this stamp was an official coloured plate of the Coat of Arms. The shield shows a golden pick (“the pioneers who dug for gold”) and above it a lion passant between two thistles (the Rhodes’ family arms). Sable antelopes are the supporters and above…
View More Rhodesia Philately: 1966 Independence Definitive Issue – £1 Coat of ArmsRhodesia Philately: 1966 Independence Definitive Issue
Details Date of Issue: 17 January 1966 Date Withdrawn: 31 May 1966 Date Invalidated: 1 December 1969 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: Comb 14.5 (½d, 1d, 2d, 3d, 4d) 13.5 x…
View More Rhodesia Philately: 1966 Independence Definitive IssueRhodesia Philately: 1966 Independence Definitive Issue – 1s Emeralds
Details Series: 1966 Independence Definitive Issue Subject: Emeralds 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 Quantity: 238,500 Sheet Numbers References The Encyclopaedia of Rhodesian & Zimbabwe Stamps 1964-2022
View More Rhodesia Philately: 1966 Independence Definitive Issue – 1s EmeraldsRhodesia Philately: 1966 Independence Definitive Issue – 2s Lake Kyle
Details Subject: Lake Kyle 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 Quantity: 64,680 Sheet Numbers
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