Category: Malawi

Details Subject: Turkish Tobacco Industry Designer: Victor Whitely Printer: Harrisons and Sons Ltd, London Process: Photogravure Paper:  Watermark: None Perf: 14.5 (comb) Cylinders: 1A (Bronze-Green) 1A (Chestnut) Sheet: R10 x 6 (60 stamps) Quantity: Cylinder Numbers Sheet Numbers

View More Malawi Philately: 1965 Provisional Overprints – 1/6d Turkish Tobacco Industry

The 5/- value was redrawn to change Lake Nyasa to Lake Malawi. The change was part of the third printing of the 1964 Definitive Series. Details Date of Issue: 1 June 1965 Date Withdrawn: 12 November 1968 Date Invalidated: Designer: Victor Whitely Printer: Harrisons & Sons Ltd, London Process: Photogravure Paper:  Watermark: None Perf: 14.5…

View More Malawi Philately: 1965 5/- Value Redrawn Type

The first coinage of the Independent State of Malawi were issued in 1965. The coins were made in nickel-silver alloy by the Royal Mint, London, and carried a portrait on the obverse of the Prime Minister, Dr. Hastings Banda, modelled by Mr. Paul Vincze. The four values issued were: Sixpence:…

View More Malawi Philately: 1965 – New Coinage

Details Designer: Victor Whitely Printer: Joh. Enschedé En Zonen Hollande Process: Photogravure Paper:  Watermark: None Perf: Imperf Cylinders:  Sheet: N/A Quantity:

View More Malawi Philately: 1965 New Coinage – 4/6d Miniature Sheet

Details Publisher:  Distributor: Printer: Process: Photographer: Year: 1965 Series:  Malawi – Land of Lake and Sunshine (Type I)

View More Malawi Philately: Malawi – Land of Lake and Sunshine (Type I)

The University of Malawi was established in 1965, founded a few months after Malawi achieved Independence. The first enrolment consisted of 90 students in Blantyre. Teaching began in 1965 in Blantyre, and within two years the Institute of Public Administration at Mpemba, the Soche Hill College of Education and the…

View More Malawi Philately: University of Malawi

The stamp depicts the Star of Bethlehem shining on the Earth, with the message “peace and goodwill to all men.” Details Designer: Victor Whitely Printer: Harrison & Sons Ltd., London Process: Photogravure Paper:  Watermark: None Perf: 14.5 (comb) Cylinders: 1A (Bright Blue), 1B (Gold) Sheet: R5 x 12 (60 stamps) Quantity: Cylinder Numbers

View More Malawi Philately: 1964 Christmas – 2/6d Star of Bethlehem

The stamp depicts the Star of Bethlehem shining on the Earth, with the message “peace and goodwill to all men.” Details Designer: Victor Whitely Printer: Harrison & Sons Ltd., London Process: Photogravure Paper:  Watermark: None Perf: 14.5 (comb) Cylinders: 1A (Violet), 1B (Gold) Sheet: R5 x 12 (60 stamps) Quantity: Cylinder Numbers

View More Malawi Philately: 1964 Christmas – 1/3d Star of Bethlehem

The stamp depicts the Star of Bethlehem shining on the Earth, with the message “peace and goodwill to all men.” Details Designer: Victor Whitely Printer: Harrison & Sons Ltd., London Process: Photogravure Paper:  Watermark: None Perf: 14.5 (comb) Cylinders: 1A (Magenta), 1B (Gold) Sheet: R5 x 12 (60 stamps) Quantity: Cylinder Numbers

View More Malawi Philately: 1964 Christmas – 6d Star of Bethlehem

The stamp depicts the Star of Bethlehem shining on the Earth, with the message “peace and goodwill to all men.” Details Designer: Victor Whitely Printer: Harrison & Sons Ltd., London Process: Photogravure Paper:  Watermark: None Perf: 14.5 (comb) Cylinders: 1A (Bluish-Green), 1B (Gold) Sheet: R5 x 12 (60 stamps) Quantity: Cylinder Numbers Sheet Numbers

View More Malawi Philately: 1964 Christmas – 3d Star of Bethlehem