Malawi produced the first ever Christmas stamps by an African nation. The issue depicts the Star of Bethlehem shining on the Earth, with the message “peace and goodwill to all men.” Details Date of Issue: 1 December 1964 Date Withdrawn: 31 December 1964 Date Invalidated: Designer: Victor Whitely Printer: Harrison & Sons Ltd.,…
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Bahamas Philately: Abaco (Type I)
Details Publisher: Distributor: Printer: Process: Photographer: Charles Kerlee Year: 1964 Series: Type I
View More Bahamas Philately: Abaco (Type I)Bahamas Philately: Natural Color Publishers Inc (76700 Series)
Details Publisher: Natural Color Publishers Inc, Miami Beach, Fla. Distributor: Printer: Koppel Color, Hawthorne, New Jersey, USA Process: Photographer: Hannau Color Productions Inc Year: 1964 Series: 76700
View More Bahamas Philately: Natural Color Publishers Inc (76700 Series)Bahamas Philately: Post Office – Sands Road
Sands Road was a sub-Post Office of Nassau that opened c.1964-65. The office handled bulk mail, dutiable letter-packets, and stamp sales. There was no distinctive date stamp using the Sands Road name. A 30mm Nassau circular date stamp (C.D.S) was used. In 1966, a new building was opened on Sands…
View More Bahamas Philately: Post Office – Sands RoadBahamas Philately: Dexter Press Inc (DT-88400-B Series – Type B)
Details Publisher: Ernie’s Studio & Camera Center Ltd, Freeport, Grand Bahamas Distributor: Printer: Dexter Press Inc, West Nyack, New York Process: Photographer: Larry Witt Year: 1964 Series: DT-88400-B (Type B) Dexter Supreme
View More Bahamas Philately: Dexter Press Inc (DT-88400-B Series – Type B)Bahamas Philately: Dexter Press Inc (DT-88900-B Series – Type C)
Details Publisher: Ernie’s Studio & Camera Center Ltd, Freeport, Grand Bahama Distributor: Printer: Dexter Press Inc, West Nyack, New York Process: Photographer: Larry Witt Year: 1964 Series: DT-88900-B (Type C) Dexter Supreme
View More Bahamas Philately: Dexter Press Inc (DT-88900-B Series – Type C)Australia Philately: Essendon (3040)
The new Essendon post office was opened in November 1964 at a cost of £32,000. The office used bright, corrosion resistant aluminum for the rows of telephone cabinets facing the street, the front doors and window surrounds, interior partitions, light fittings and furniture. The new post office was constructed on…
View More Australia Philately: Essendon (3040)Zambia Philately: Thornicroft’s Giraffe (Giraffa camelopardalis thornicrofti)
Thornicroft’s giraffe (Giraffa camelopardalis thornicrofti), also known as the Luangwa giraffe, is a subspecies of giraffe. It is geographically isolated, occurring only in Zambia’s South Luangwa Valley. The ecotype was originally named after Harry Scott Thornicroft, a commissioner in what was then North-Eastern Rhodesia and later Northern Rhodesia. Postcards 1969 –…
View More Zambia Philately: Thornicroft’s Giraffe (Giraffa camelopardalis thornicrofti)Zambia Philately: Flora & Fauna
A African Buffalo (Syncerus caffer caffer) African Lion (Pathera leo) Angoni Cattle B Baobab Tree Black Rhinoceros (Diceros bicornis) C Carmine Bee-Eater (Merops nubicoides) Cheetah (Acinonyx jubatus) Common Eland (Taurotragus oryx) Cookson’s Wildebeest (Connochaetes taurinus cooksoni) Crested Porcupine (Hystrix cristata) D Defassa Waterbuck (Kobus ellipsiprymnus defassa) Desert Warthog (Phacochoerus anthiopicus)…
View More Zambia Philately: Flora & FaunaZambia Philately: Fauna of Zambia – Elephant (Loxodonta africana)
The African bush elephant (Loxodonta africana), also known as the African savanna elephant, is one of two living African elephant species. It is the largest living terrestrial animal. It is distributed across 37 African countries and inhabits forests, grasslands and woodlands, wetlands and agricultural land. It is a social mammal,…
View More Zambia Philately: Fauna of Zambia – Elephant (Loxodonta africana)