Author: thedigitalphilatelist

The 2d. stamps were designed from an official photograph of a copper mine at Kitwe. Although faithfully following the photograph, the top of the headgear was eliminated to show the cable wheel in greater detail. Details Designer:  Printer:  Waterlow & Sons, London Wall, London, E.C. Thomas De La Rue &…

The 1d. stamps incorporated a V.H.F. mast, superimposed on an outline map of the Federation. Details Designer:  Printer:  Waterlow & Sons, London Wall, London, E.C. (1st, 2nd, 3rd, 10th printing) Thomas De La Rue & Company London (4th, 5th 6th 7th 8th 9th printing) Process: Recess Paper:  Watermark: None Perf: 13.5 x…

The ½d. design, which depicts an African woman with a basket picking tea in Nyasaland, was compiled from two photographs taken by Messrs. R. K. D-Hadden and R. L. Kinsey, both of the Public Relations Department. The former showed a woman picking tea and the latter a male African performing…

A philatelic advisory committee was set up consisting of 11 members, representing philatelic societies at Salisbury, Bulawayo, Kitwe and Limbe, and various Government Departments. The committee decided that a new issue of Federal postage stamps was desirable, and that the designs should be pictorial and taken from selected photographs. The…

The Chirundu Bridge (Otto Beit Bridge) was only one of two road links at that time across the Zambezi linking the Rhodesias. The other bridge being the Victoria Falls Bridge. Details Designer:  Printer: Thomas De La Rue & Company London Process: Recess Paper:  Watermark: None Perf: 14.5 (comb) Plates: Printed in panes of two…

The 2/6d stamp shows a Central African Airways ‘Viscount’ airliner standing on the apron of the Salisbury air terminal building. The official photograph shows the aircraft as being ‘VP-YND Mweru’, and the time on the airport clock as 8.35 on a sunny morning. Details Designer:  Printer: Thomas De La Rue…

The photograph used for the 5s. denomination is an official public relations office photograph taken by Mr. H. M. Crane, and depicts a scene in Salisbury of Rhodes’ statue with Tanganyika House in the background. This statue was designed by John Tweed and unveiled in 1926. Unlike other statues of…

The 10s. stamp depicts, what is Central Africa’s most majestic mountain— Mlanje. The photograph was taken by Mr. R. L. Kinsey, and includes a gentle foreground of trees and tea plantations. Details Designer: From a photograph by R L Kinsey Printer: Bradbury Wilkinson & Co Ltd, New Malden, Surrey, England Process: Recess…