Tigerfish can refer to fish from various families, and derives from official and colloquial associations of these with the tiger (Panthera tigris). However, the primary species designated by the name “tigerfish” are African and belong to the family Alestidae. The Tiger Fish is also known as the “striped water dog.”…
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Zambia Philately: Green-Headed Bream (Tilapia macrochir)
Oreochromis macrochir (greenhead bream) is a species of cichlid native to the Zambezi Basin, Lake Mweru, and Lake Bangweulu. It has been used extensively for stocking ponds and dams in other parts of southern Africa, but is little-used elsewhere. In Lake Mweru, it is economically the most important fish. The…
View More Zambia Philately: Green-Headed Bream (Tilapia macrochir)Zambia Philately: Red-Breasted Bream (Tilapia rendalli)
The Red-breasted bream (redbreast tilapia), Coptodon rendalli, is a species of fish in the Cichlidae family. The species is found in the drainage basins of the upper Congo River and the Kasai River, in Lake Tanganyika, Lake Malawi, Zambezi River, and the coastal regions of the Zambezi outlet to KwaZulu-Natal,…
View More Zambia Philately: Red-Breasted Bream (Tilapia rendalli)Zambia Philately: African Buffalo (Syncerus caffer caffer)
The African buffalo (Syncerus caffer) is a large sub-Saharan African bovine. There are five subspecies that are recognized as being valid. Syncerus caffer caffer, the Cape buffalo, is the nominotypical subspecies, and the largest one, found in Southern and East Africa. The African buffalo is more closely related to other buffalo species…
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The leopard (Panthera pardus) is one of the five extant species in the genus Panthera. It has a pale yellowish to dark golden fur with dark spots grouped in rosettes. The leopard was first described in 1758, and several subspecies were proposed in the 19th and 20th centuries. It is adapted…
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A B C D E F G H I J K L M Makumbi (M.V.) N O P Q R S T U V W X Y Z Zambian Airways Corporation (Aer Lingus) Zambian Airways Corporation (Alitalia)
View More Zambia Philately: TransportationZambia Philately: Mufulira Copper Mines Ltd
Exploitation of the Mufulira property began in 1929 but was severely handicapped by the financial depression. Early in February 1930, the Rhodesian Selection Trust, the British South Africa Company and the Bwana Mkubwa company agreed to sell the Mufulira Special Grant to Mufulira Copper Mines Ltd which incorporated 2 March…
View More Zambia Philately: Mufulira Copper Mines LtdZambia Philately: Lake Bangweulu
Bangweulu (“where the water sky meets the sky”) is one of the world’s great wetland systems, comprising Lake Bangweulu, the Bangweulu Swamps and the Bangweulu Flats or floodplain. The Bangweulu system is fed by about seventeen rivers of which the Chambeshi (the source of the Congo River) is the largest,…
View More Zambia Philately: Lake BangweuluZambia Philately: Stamp Designers
Gabriel Ellison Gabriel Ellison (1930-2017) was a Zambian artist, best known for assisting in designing the national flag of Zambia, and for designing many of Zambia’s stamps from the 1960s to 1980s when she was head of the Graphic Arts section at the Ministry of Information. Ellison was born in…
View More Zambia Philately: Stamp DesignersZambia Philately: Meijer Wormeveer N.V.
The Meijer printing company was established in 1890 by Gerrit Meijer, who founded a bookstore on the Wandelweg where small commercial and family printed matter could also be ordered. This gave him reason to start his own printing company together in 1896. In 1955 they switched from letterpress to offset…
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