Category: Malawi

The Rand Easter Show, now the Rand Show, is an annual show held in Johannesburg, South Africa, and is the largest consumer exhibition in Southern Africa. The show was first held in November 1894 by the Witwatersrand Agricultural Society, a society that had formed in March of the same year.…

View More Malawi Philately: 1970 Rand Easter Show

Details Subject: Bean Blister Beetle (Mylabris Dicincta) Designer: Victor Whitely Printer: Format International Security Printers Ltd Process: Lithography Paper:  Watermark: Cockerels Perf: 14 (comb) Plates: 1A (Light Olive Green), 1A (Olive Green), 1C (Brownish Red), 1C (Black) Sheet: R5 x 6 (30 stamps) Quantity: Cylinder Numbers Sheet Numbers

View More Malawi Philately: 1970 Insects of Malawi – 9d Bean Blister Beetle (Mylabris Dicincta)

Details Subject: Pumpkin Ladybird (Henosepilachna elaterii) Designer: Victor Whitely Printer: Format International Security Printers Ltd Process: Lithography Paper:  Watermark: Cockerels Perf: 14 (comb) Plates: 1C (Greyish Blue), 1C (Grey), 1C (Orange), 1C (Black) Sheet: R5 x 6 (30 stamps) Quantity: Cylinder Numbers Sheet Numbers

View More Malawi Philately: 1970 Insects of Malawi – 1/6d Pumpkin Ladybird (Henosepilachna elaterii)

Details Subject: Praying Mantis (Sphodromantis) Designer: Victor Whitely Printer: Format International Security Printers Ltd Process: Lithography Paper:  Watermark: Cockerels Perf: 14 (comb) Plates: 1D (Buff), 1D (Brown), 1D (Yellow Green), 1D (Black), 1D (Red) Sheet: R5 x 6 (30 stamps) Quantity:  Cylinder Numbers Sheet Numbers

View More Malawi Philately: 1970 Insects of Malawi – 3s Praying Mantis (Sphodromantis)

Details Subject: Elegant Grasshopper Designer: Victor Whitely Printer: Format International Security Printers Ltd Process: Lithography Paper:  Watermark: Cockerels Perf: 14 Plates: 1A (Light Olive), 1A (Olive), 1A (Yellow), 1A (Black), 1A (Red), 1A (Cyan) 1B (Light Olive), 1B (Olive), 1B (Yellow), 1B (Black), 1B (Red), 1B (Cyan) Sheet: R5 x…

View More Malawi Philately: 1970 Insects of Malawi – 4d Elegant Grasshopper (Zonocerus elegans)

Insects are plentiful in Malawi, including large numbers of ants, beetles, crickets, flies, bees and wasps. Details Date of Issue: 4 February 1970 Date Withdrawn: 3 May 1970 Date Invalidated:  16 February 1971 (4d, 9d) Designer: Victor Whitely Printer: Format International Security Printers Ltd Process: Lithography Paper:  Watermark: Cockerels Perf:…

View More Malawi Philately: 1970 Insects of Malawi

Nkopola Lodge was located at Mangochi on the shores of Lake Malawi. It was opened in May 1970 and provided 15-20 double rooms and designed to service driving tourists. It was built by Malawi Hotels Limited at a cost of K200,00 and was managed by Hallways Hotels (Overseas) Ltd. In…

View More Malawi Philately: Nkopola Lodge

1970 1970 Insects of Malawi 1970 Rand Easter Show 1970 Ninth Commonwealth Games 1970 Decimal Overprints 1970 Air Malawi (Air Letter) 1971 1971 Special United Kingdom Delivery Service (Overprint) 1971 Antelopes Definitive Series 1971 Introduction of Decimal Currency 1971 Easter 1971 Flowering Trees and Shrubs 1971 Malawi Police Half-Centenary Celebrations…

View More Malawi Philately: Stamps and Postal Products (1970-1979)

Kasungu National Park is a national park in Malawi. It was established in 1970 and is the second-largest in Malawi. Kasungu has mixed vegetation consisting of Miombo woodland and open, rolling grasslands. The Dwanga and Lingadzi Rivers are the lifeline of its fauna and flora and have created various dambos,…

View More Malawi Philately: Kasungu National Park

There are six stamps within the miniature sheet but one is not a postal stamp. Details Designer: Jennifer Toombs Printer: Harrison & Sons Ltd., London Process: Photogravure Paper:  Watermark: Cockerels Perf: Imperf all round. Individual stamps 14.5 (comb) Cylinders: N/A Sheet: R2 x 3 Quantity: 

View More Malawi Philately: 1969 Christmas – 5s 9d Miniature Sheet