Category: Zambia

Details Designer: Gyula László Vasarhelyi Printer: Questa Colour Security Printers Limited (The House of Questa) Process: Lithography Paper:  Watermark: None Perf: 13.5 (comb) Cylinders: 1A (Cyan) 1A (Yellow) 1A (Magenta) 1A (Black) : 1B (Cyan) 1B (Yellow) 1B (Magenta) 1B (Black) [Upper] : [Lower] Sheet:  Quantity: Cylinder Numbers

View More Zambia Philately: 1974 10th Anniversary of Independence – 4n Commerce: A Local Market

Details Date of Issue: 10 October 1974 Date Withdrawn:  Date Invalidated:  Designer: Gyula László Vasarhelyi Printer: Questa Colour Security Printers Limited (The House of Questa) Process: Lithography Paper:  Watermark: None Perf: 13.5 (comb) Cylinders: 1A [Upper] : 1B [Lower] Sheet:  Quantity: Subjects 3n – Agriculture: Nakambala Sugar Estate 4n – Commerce: A Local…

View More Zambia Philately: 1974 10th Anniversary of Independence

Nakambala Sugar Estate was founded in 1964 by Tate & Lyle Ltd on the south east edge of the Kafue flats. Its main activities are the growing of sugarcane and the production and marketing of sugar and downstream products. By 1968 the estate was growing sugar cane on 1,680 hectares…

View More Zambia Philately: 1974 10th Anniversary of Independence – 3n Agriculture: Nakambala Sugar Estate

Details Designer: Gabriel Ellison Printer: Questa Colour Security Printers Ltd (House of Questa) Process: Lithography Paper:  Watermark: None Perf: 13.5 (comb) Cylinders: 1A (Yellow), 1A (Magenta), 1A (Greyish-Blue), 1A (Light Grey), 1A (Black) Sheet: Quantity:  Cylinders

View More Zambia Philately: 1973 Third Commonwealth Conference of Speakers and Presiding Officers – 15n Parliamentary Mace

  During Independence, in Lusaka, representatives from more than 60 nations gathered to watch the lighting of the 6ft freedom flame marking the rechristening of Northern Rhodesia as Zambia and its proclamation as an independent republic within the British Commonwealth. The flame of peace, which was set alight by President…

View More Zambia Philately: 1974 President Kaunda’s Jubilee Birthday – 15n Independence Flame – Forward with the Nation

Chilenje House 394, located in Chilenje, Lusaka, Zambia is a house in which Dr Kenneth Kaunda lived from January 1960 to December 1962. From this house, he directed the struggle for Independence of Zambia, which was finally achieved on 24 October 1964. It is described as a simple two-bed roomed…

View More Zambia Philately: 1974 President Kaunda’s Jubilee Birthday – 9n In the Beginning…House 394 Chilenje, Lusaka

Mulungushi is a river (and a small town nearby) in central Zambia which has taken on a symbolic and historical meaning synonymous with the independence and identity of the nation. In April 1968, Kaunda initiated the Mulungushi Reforms, which sought to bring Zambia’s foreign-owned corporations under national control under the…

View More Zambia Philately: 1974 President Kaunda’s Jubilee Birthday – 4n Mulungushi – Birthplace of Independence

Kenneth David Kaunda (28 April 1924 – 17 June 2021) was a Zambian politician who served as the first President of Zambia from 1964. He was at the forefront of the struggle for independence from British rule. Dissatisfied with Harry Nkumbula’s leadership of the Northern Rhodesian African National Congress, he…

View More Zambia Philately: 1974 President Kaunda’s Jubilee Birthday

Details Publisher:  Distributor: Printer: Monterey Printing & Packaging Ltd, Ndola Process: Photographer: F. Brown Year: 1974 Series:  Type 1

View More Zambia Philately: Monterey Printing & Packaging Ltd (Type 1)

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. On 17 September 1961, Dag was traveling on a mission to help broker a peace deal for the civil…

View More Zambia Philately: Dag Hammarskjold Crash Site Memorial