Category: Rhodesia

When game animals wandered freely, their hooves often picked up the ‘seedbox’ of this ground creeper with its twin spikes designed for this purpose. The box, or pod, finally fell out of the hoof, sometimes a great distance away, thus widening the distribution of Devil Thorns (Dicerocaryum zanguebarium). Cattle fulfil…

View More Rhodesia Philately: 1974 Third Definitive Issue – 10c Dicerocaryum zanguebarium

Flame Lily (Gloriosa superba): Rhodesia’s national flower, often found near or on rocky kopjes in good humus soil, and visited by the migrating African Vagrant butterflies when it blooms in December. The Shona name of Kajongwe is particularly apt for, as the wind shakes the plant, so the bright red…

View More Rhodesia Philately: 1974 Third Definitive Issue – 7½c Gloriosa superba

The Wild Thunbergia (Thunbergia lancifolia) flowers at the commencement of the wet season in Rhodesia, usually November. It is very common, especially along the sandveld of the central watershed. There is great variation in the intensity of the colours. The saying ‘shades of blue’ springs to mind when seeing these…

View More Rhodesia Philately: 1974 Third Definitive Issue – 6c Thunbergia lancifolia

The Reedbuck (Redunca arundinum) is very widely distributed, and inhabits reedy vlei country and always remains near water of one sort or another, hence it may sometimes be seen at Dom Pan, Wankie National Park. It is often the quarry of hunting dogs, when it will try to avoid the…

View More Rhodesia Philately: 1974 Third Definitive Issue – 4c Reedbuck

The long-legged sauntering walk and proudly nodding head at once suggest a thoroughbred, while the exceptionally haughty bearing marks this antelope as one of the ‘royals’ among big game. Savannah country well studded with thorn trees and scrub mixed with mopane trees are favoured by the Roan Antelope (Ozanna equina equina).…

View More Rhodesia Philately: 1974 Third Definitive Issue – 3c Roan Antelope

The Eland (Taurotragus oryx) is a herd animal frequenting several types of contrasting country, from Kalahari sandveld to the grassy mountainsides of the Eastern Highlands of Rhodesia. Just above Melsetter village a sanctuary has been established for the remnants of herds that once flourished in the area. The Eland is…

View More Rhodesia Philately: 1974 Third Definitive Issue – 2½c Eland

Details Date of Issue: 15 May 1974 Date Withdrawn: 27 February 1975 Date Invalidated: 1 July 1978 Designer: From portrait painted by Peter Birch Printer: Mardon Printers (Pvt.) Ltd., Salisbury, Rhodesia Process: Lithography Paper: Chromo with brown gum Watermark: None Perf: 14.5 (comb) Cylinders:  1A (Cyan) 1A (Yellow) 1A (Magenta) 1A (Black) 1B (Cyan) 1B (Yellow) 1B (Magenta) 1B…

View More Rhodesia Philately: 1974 No.8 in the Famous Figures Series – George Pauling

Rhomark was located in Salisbury. Postcards Type IIIA

View More Rhodesia Philately: Rhomark

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: 1973 Series: BP Series (Bush Paintings)

View More Rhodesia Philately: Big Game Photography (Pvt.) Ltd. (BP Series – Type VB)

Details Subject: Power Designer: Rose Martin Printer: Mardon Printers (Pvt.) Ltd., Salisbury, Rhodesia Process: Lithography Paper: Chromo with brownish gum Watermark: None Perf: 14.5 (comb) Cylinders:  1A (Black) 1A (Magenta) 1A (Yellow) 1A (Cyan) 1B (Black) 1B (Magenta) 1B (Yellow) 1B (Cyan) Sheet: 10 x 5 (50 stamps) Quantity: 1st Printing – 760,000 (No.001-15,500) 2nd Printing –…

View More Rhodesia Philately: 1973 Second Definitive Issue (New Values) – 14c Power