Details Subject: Makishi Mask Designer: Gabriel Ellison Printer: Thomas De La Rue & Co Ltd Process: Lithography (Delacryl process) Paper: Watermark: None Perf: 13.5 (comb) Cylinders: Printed in two panes, separated by vertical gutter. 1B (Orange) 1B (Magenta) 1B (Black) : 1A (Orange) 1A (Magenta) 1A (Black) [left : right] Sheet: R5 x 5 (25 stamps)…
View More Zambia Philately: 1970 Zambian Traditional Crafts – 15n Makishi MaskCategory: Zambia
Zambia Philately: 1970 Zambian Traditional Crafts – 5n Clay Smoking Pipe Bowl
A smoking pipe is used to inhale the smoke of a burning substance; most common is a tobacco pipe, which can also accommodate almost any other substance. A bowl, when referred to in pipe smoking, is the part of a smoking pipe or bong that is used to hold tobacco,…
View More Zambia Philately: 1970 Zambian Traditional Crafts – 5n Clay Smoking Pipe BowlZambia Philately: 1970 Zambian Traditional Crafts – 3n Ceremonial Axe
Ceremonial axes served the function of a status symbol: a symbol of political and religious power. They differ from ordinary axes in that they had different blade types, and usually with blunt edges. Some axes were produced with two blades. The handles were carefully crafted and usually incorporated a female head…
View More Zambia Philately: 1970 Zambian Traditional Crafts – 3n Ceremonial AxeZambia Philately: 1970 – Zambian Traditional Crafts
Zambia’s diverse cultures bring with them a wide variety of traditional skills. Crafts can be found in great variety if not in abundance and among them is some of the finest basketry in Africa. The economy of most of the crafts people is based on fishing, cattle or the cultivation…
View More Zambia Philately: 1970 – Zambian Traditional CraftsZambia Philately: SAPRA Studio (RZ Series/Type 1) No.50-99
Details Publisher: SAPRA Studio, Nairobi Distributor: Printer: Process: Photographer: Year: 1970 Series: Zambia In the Sun (RZ – Type 1)
View More Zambia Philately: SAPRA Studio (RZ Series/Type 1) No.50-99Zambia Philately: 1970 Preventive Medicine
Preventive medicine aims to prevent sickness before it happens. The ideology behind preventive medicine focuses on protecting, promoting, and maintaining health and well-being. It also aims to avert disease, disability, and death on an individual basis, as well as on a large scale in communities and populations. During the 1950s,…
View More Zambia Philately: 1970 Preventive MedicineZambia Philately: 1970 Preventive Medicine – 15n Nutrition
In 1968, Marianne Dettmers Wightman was a Canadian volunteer with the National Food and Nutrition Commission. She took a photo that became the ‘healthy baby’ for one of the posters that were distributed widely throughout Zambia and Malawi. Gabriel Ellison used a drawing of the healthy baby for the 15n…
View More Zambia Philately: 1970 Preventive Medicine – 15n NutritionZambia Philately: SAPRA Studio (RZ Series/Type 1) No.100-139
Details Publisher: SAPRA Studio, Nairobi Distributor: Printer: Process: Photographer: Year: 1970 Series: Zambia In the Sun (RZ – Type 1)
View More Zambia Philately: SAPRA Studio (RZ Series/Type 1) No.100-139Zambia Philately: SAPRA Studio
SAPRA Studio was a postcard publisher based in Nairobi, Kenya. Postcards African Wild Life These cards appear in two versions. The ‘RZ’ appears to denote ‘Republic Zambia’ while another version only contains the number and refers to those for Kenya. RZ Series – Type II (No.1-49) RZ Series –…
View More Zambia Philately: SAPRA StudioZambia Philately: The 1970’s
In the 1970s, the Zambian Government continued their plans to improve infrastructure to support the tourism industry when visitor numbers climbed dramatically from 1969. Tourism was now seen as a way to create new jobs for urban dwellers and increase the attraction of rural areas and boost agricultural production.…
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