Category: Zambia

Dag Hjalmar Agne Carl Hammarskjöld (1905-1961) was a Swedish economist and diplomat who served as the second Secretary-General of the United Nations from April 1953 until his death in September 1961. Hammarskjöld’s tenure was characterized by efforts to strengthen the newly formed UN both internally and externally. He led initiatives…

View More Zambia Philately: 1971 Dag Hammarskjold (1905-1961)

On 24 October 1964, Northern Rhodesia became the independent nation of Zambia, and Prime Minister Kenneth Kaunda became the inaugural president. Kaunda played a key role in regional diplomacy, cooperating closely with the United States in search of solutions to conflicts in Southern Rhodesia, Angola, and Namibia. Details Date of…

View More Zambia Philately: 1964 Independence

Kuomboka is a word in the Lozi language; it literally means ‘to get out of water’. In today’s Zambia it is applied to a traditional ceremony that takes place at the end of the rain season, when the upper Zambezi River floods the plains of the Western Province. The festival…

View More Zambia Philately: 1970 Zambian Traditional Crafts – 25n The Kuomboka Ceremony

Details Subject: Eland Designer: Gabriel Ellison Printer: Harrison & Sons Ltd. Process: Photogravure Paper:  Watermark: None Perf: 14.5 x 13.5 Gum: Gum Arabic (original printing) Polyvinyl Alcohol (reprint) Cylinders: 1A (Black), 1A (Copper) Sheet: 10 x 5 Quantity: Reprint: 26 November 1968 Cylinders Sheet Numbers

View More Zambia Philately: 1968 New Currency Definitives – 2K Eland

The Kafue Railway Bridge was built to carry the Livingstone to Lusaka railway line in what is now Zambia over the Kafue River in 1906. It is a steel girder truss bridge of 13 spans each of 33 metres (108 ft) supported on concrete piers. It was built for Mashonaland…

View More Zambia Philately: 1968 New Currency Definitives – 1K Kafue Rail Bridge

Details Subject: Vimbuza Dancer Designer: Gabriel Ellison Printer: Harrison & Sons Ltd. Process: Photogravure Paper:  Watermark: None Perf: 14.5 x 13.5 Gum: Gum Arabic (original printing) Polyvinyl Alcohol (reprint) Cylinders: 1A (Copper), 1A (Deep Blue), 1A (Orange), 1A (Sepia) Sheet: 10 x 10 Quantity: Reprint: 27 October 1970 Cylinders Sheet Numbers

View More Zambia Philately: 1968 New Currency Definitives – 8n Vimbuza Dancer

The Livingstone Museum was established in 1934 as the David Livingstone Memorial Museum (and later the Rhodes-Livingstone Museum). It is the largest and the oldest museum in Zambia, located in Livingstone near Victoria Falls. The Spanish colonial-style building was opened in 1951. Jock Millar, former mayor of Livingstone, requested that…

View More Zambia Philately: 1968 New Currency Definitives – 5n National Museum, Livingstone

Immunisation is the process by which an individual’s immune system becomes fortified against an infectious agent (known as the immunogen). When this system is exposed to molecules that are foreign to the body, called non-self, it will orchestrate an immune response, and it will also develop the ability to quickly…

View More Zambia Philately: 1970 Preventive Medicine – 25n Immunisation

Details Subject: Defassa Waterbuck – Kafue National Park Designer: Gabriel Ellison Printer: Harrison & Sons Ltd. Process: Photogravure Paper:  Watermark: None Perf: 14.5 x 14 (comb) Cylinders:  Sheet:  Quantity: Sheet Numbers

View More Zambia Philately: 1969 International Year For African Tourism – 10n Defassa Waterbuck