Type III has a grey backing. Type 3A This type has Salisbury in the header. Type 3B This type has Salisbury & Bulawayo in the header. Types Type 3A Type 3C
View More Rhodesia Philately: Pictorial Publishing Co. (Pvt.) Ltd. – Type IIICategory: Rhodesia
Rhodesia Philately: Wankie Safari Lodge (Southern Sun Hotel)
Wankie Safari Lodge was a 100 room, three-star hotel located just outside the Wankie National Park at Dett, near to Wankie airport. The lodge was opened by the Prime Minister in January 1972 at a cost of nearly two and a half million Rhodesian dollars (1.8 million pounds sterling). The…
View More Rhodesia Philately: Wankie Safari Lodge (Southern Sun Hotel)Rhodesia Philately: National Gallery of Rhodesia
In 1972, the Rhodes National Gallery changed its name to the National Gallery of Rhodesia. The change was due to the National Gallery Act directing the gallery to take over the function of the Board of Trustees for the Rhodes National Gallery. References Report of the Secretary for…
View More Rhodesia Philately: National Gallery of RhodesiaRhodesia Philately: Camera Africa Safaris
Camera Africa Safaris was located in Salisbury and was established in 1972. It was a photographic safari business run by Rob and Gretl Hughes. Rob had been a ranger in the Mana Pool National Park prior to establishing his business. Daily driving safaris were provided at a cost of…
View More Rhodesia Philately: Camera Africa SafarisRhodesia Philately: Big Game Photography (Pvt.) Ltd. (F Series – Type VA)
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: F Series (Flora)
View More Rhodesia Philately: Big Game Photography (Pvt.) Ltd. (F Series – Type VA)Rhodesia Philately: 1971 Granite 71 – 25c Geological map of Rhodesia
The 25 cent stamp is a simplified reproduction of the geological map of Rhodesia. The distribution of the granitic rocks that are exposed over approximately half of the country is shown, the granites being depicted in red and the related rocks in orange. The major gold belts are shown in…
View More Rhodesia Philately: 1971 Granite 71 – 25c Geological map of RhodesiaRhodesia Philately: 1971 Granite 71 – 15c Granite
The 15 cent stamp is a photograph of a thin section of granite as seen in plane polarized light through a petrological microscope. A thin slice of the rock initially cut by a diamond impregnated saw blade has subsequently been ground to a thickness of about 0.03 mm and is…
View More Rhodesia Philately: 1971 Granite 71 – 15c GraniteRhodesia Philately: 1971 Granite 71 – 7½c Muscovite mica
The 7½ cent stamp shows a biaxial interference picture produced by a flake of muscovite mica in a petrological microscope, using a conoscopic lens and crossed nicols. The coloured bands are formed by interference in white light (Newton’s rings). The black bands, or isogyres, which move as the mineral is…
View More Rhodesia Philately: 1971 Granite 71 – 7½c Muscovite micaRhodesia Philately: 1971 Granite 71 – 2½c Porphyritic granite
The 2½ cent stamp is based on a photograph of a typical sample of porphyritic granite. The sample was collected from the Pomona Quarry situated on the northern outskirts of Salisbury. The rock is characterized by large crystals of potash feldspar set in a finer grained groundmass of quartz and…
View More Rhodesia Philately: 1971 Granite 71 – 2½c Porphyritic graniteRhodesia Philately: 1971 Granite 71
“Granite 71” was the name given to a geological symposium, international in scope, that was held in Rhodesia over a three-week period, beginning on 30th August, 1971. The symposium was organized by the Rhodesian Branch of the Geological Society of South Africa, and 250 delegates from all parts of the…
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