Details Publisher: Big Game Photography (Pvt.) Ltd. P.O. Box 220, Salisbury, Rhodesia. Telephone 22200 Distributor: Printer: Process: Photographer: Big Game Photography (Pvt.) Ltd. P.O. Box 220, Salisbury, Rhodesia. Telephone 22200 Year: 1971 Series: V Series (Victoria Falls)
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Rhodesia Philately: 1970 Inauguration of the Posts & Telecommunications Corporation – 25c Telephone Exchange
Modern telecommunications equipment is the subject of this stamp. Rhodesia was the first country in Africa, and one of the first six in the world, to have subscriber trunk dialling facilities when equipment, designed and built by post office engineers, was introduced to the public system in March, 1954. Details…
View More Rhodesia Philately: 1970 Inauguration of the Posts & Telecommunications Corporation – 25c Telephone ExchangeRhodesia Philately: 1970 Inauguration of the Posts & Telecommunications Corporation – 15c Telegraph Line
As the railway pushed northwards so too did the first telegraph line. This followed a route from Mafeking to Palapye and on to Macloutsie, where it then followed the same route taken by the pioneer column to reach Salisbury. The stamp shows a typical construction party of the time. Details…
View More Rhodesia Philately: 1970 Inauguration of the Posts & Telecommunications Corporation – 15c Telegraph LineRhodesia Philately: 1970 Inauguration of the Posts & Telecommunications Corporation – 3½c International Airport
The contrasting stamp illustrates the loading of mails at Salisbury’s international airport. This airport, with one of the longest runways in the world, can accommodate any of the great modern aircraft now in service. Extensive use is made of the facilities available for the conveyance of mails by air to,…
View More Rhodesia Philately: 1970 Inauguration of the Posts & Telecommunications Corporation – 3½c International AirportRhodesia Philately: 1970 Inauguration of the Posts & Telecommunications Corporation – 2½c Despatch Rider
Less than a hundred years ago the first postal services followed closely on the heels of the pioneer column sent by Rhodes to occupy Mashonaland. The mails were carried by relays of despatch riders of the British South Africa Company’s Police. The 2½c stamp depicts a despatch rider of the…
View More Rhodesia Philately: 1970 Inauguration of the Posts & Telecommunications Corporation – 2½c Despatch RiderRhodesia Philately: 1970 Inauguration of the Posts & Telecommunications Corporation
The Posts and Telecommunications Corporation Act, 1970 provides for the establishment of a statutory corporation to undertake the management and operation of the postal, telegraph and telephone services in Rhodesia with effect from the 1st July, 1970. This legislation terminates a distinguished era of almost 80 years of spectacular achievement…
View More Rhodesia Philately: 1970 Inauguration of the Posts & Telecommunications CorporationRhodesia Philately: 1970 Second Definitive Issue – 2½c Tourism
Tourism, which is rapidly expanding, is represented by this illustration of the controversial Zimbabwe Ruins. The conflicting opinions of archaeologists, attributing the origin of the ruins either to the indigenous Bantu people or to a bygone Arab or Phoenician civilization, serve only to heighten the mystery of the ruins and…
View More Rhodesia Philately: 1970 Second Definitive Issue – 2½c TourismRhodesia Philately: 1970 Second Definitive Issue – 2c Industry
Industry is represented by this stamp, which depicts the pouring of molten metal. Rich in iron ore reserves, Rhodesian industry stands poised to take its place among the giants of Africa. Details Designer: Rose Martin Printer: Mardon Printers (Pvt.) Ltd., Salisbury, Rhodesia Process: Lithography Paper: Chromo with brown gum Watermark: None Perf: 14.5 (comb) Cylinders:…
View More Rhodesia Philately: 1970 Second Definitive Issue – 2c IndustryRhodesia Philately: 1970 Second Definitive Issue – 1c Agriculture
Agriculture has consistently been a major contributor to the economy and the subject of this stamp, “Wheat Harvesting”, fittingly pays tribute to the dramatic break-through in wheat production in the last three years. From almost nothing to self-sufficiency in less than a decade is the ambitious programme now enthusiastically and…
View More Rhodesia Philately: 1970 Second Definitive Issue – 1c AgricultureRhodesia Philately: 1970 Second Definitive Issue
The astonishing development achieved in less than 100 years in what was virgin country is portrayed in a wide cross-section of activities ranging through the three themes of Land, Air and Water. The sweat and toil involved in this progress was necessarily supplemented with healthy recreation. This has not been…
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