Category: Rhodesia

This set was originally designed to be a set of 10 stamps celebrating the flora and fauna of Rhodesia. However, the set never eventuated and four of the designs were used for this release. Details Date of Issue: 6 September 1967 Date Withdrawn: 31 December 1967 Date Invalidated: 15 January 1971 Designer: Rose Martin…

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The subject is St. John the Baptist As A Young Man, a painting by the Italian, Michele Tosini, who was born in 1503 and died in 1577. Details Designer: Mardon Printers based on a portraits in the National Gallery Printer: Mardon Printers (Pvt.) Ltd., Salisbury, Rhodesia Process: Lithography Paper: Chromo with creamy/brown gum Watermark: None…

View More Rhodesia Philately: 1967 Rhodes National Gallery Salisbury (1957-1967) – 2/6d “John the Baptist” – Tosini 1503-1577

The subject is a cast of the head of one of the five figures, The Burghers of Calais, sculpted about 1886 by August Rodin, who was born in Paris in 1840 and died in 1917. Details Designer: Mardon Printers based on a portraits in the National Gallery Printer: Mardon Printers (Pvt.) Ltd.,…

View More Rhodesia Philately: 1967 Rhodes National Gallery Salisbury (1957-1967) – 9d Burgher of Calais – Rodin 1840-1917

The subject is a sculpture, in green soapstone, of a seated man. The sculpture stands about fifteen inches high, and the sculptor was Joram Mariga, a Rhodesian artist who lives at Inyanga. Details Designer: Mardon Printers based on a portraits in the National Gallery Printer: Mardon Printers (Pvt.) Ltd., Salisbury, Rhodesia Process: Lithography…

View More Rhodesia Philately: 1967 Rhodes National Gallery Salisbury (1957-1967) – 3d Soapstone Sculpture – Maringa

Details Date of Issue: 12 July 1967 Date Withdrawn: 31 August 1967 Date Invalidated: 15 January 1971 Designer: Mardon Printers based on a portraits in the National Gallery Printer: Mardon Printers (Pvt.) Ltd., Salisbury, Rhodesia Process: Lithography Paper: Chromo with creamy/brown gum Watermark: None Perf:  13.5 (line) [9d – 300 sheets only] 14.5 x 14 (comb) Cylinders: 1A Sheet: R6…

View More Rhodesia Philately: 1967 Rhodes National Gallery Salisbury (1957-1967)

A single stamp was issued on 17th May, 1967, to mark the 50th anniversary of the death of Dr. Leander Starr Jameson, who was very closely associated with Cecil John Rhodes in the early development of Rhodesia. Dr. Jameson accompanied the Pioneer Column that entered Mashonaland in July 1890 and…

View More Rhodesia Philately: 1967 Dr Leander Starr Jameson (1853-1917)

The Kentucky Hotel was located on St. Patrick’s Road, Hatfield. The hotel was best known for the Padded Cell (a lunch and dinner a la carte restaurant) and their inexpensive “business man’s lunch.” It appears to have been established c.1967. References Africa Calls from Rhodesia and Nyasaland (1970)

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Details Publisher: Kyle View Chalets Distributor: Printer: T. R. Blackmore & Co., Bulawayo Process: Lithography Photographer: Year: 1970 Series: 

View More Rhodesia Philately: T R Blackmore & Co (Pvt.) Ltd (Kyle View Chalets)

T R Blackmore & Co (Pvt.) Ltd were printers based in Belmont, Bulawayo. Postcards Kyle View Chalets Type I

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Details Date of Issue: 21 September 1966 Reprints: 10 February 1969 Date Withdrawn:  Date Invalidated:  Designer: Victor Whiteley Printer: Mardon Printers (Pvt.) Ltd., Salisbury Process: Lithography Paper:  1st printing – JH4 (white with clear gum) 2nd printing – Chromo with brown gum Watermark: None Perf: 14.5 (comb) Cylinders: 1st printing – 1A (Brown) 1A (Drab)…

View More Rhodesia Philately: 1966 Definitive Issue (Mardon) – 4d Emeralds