Category: Zambia

Details Designer: Gabriel Ellison Printer: John Waddington of Kirkstall Ltd, Leeds, England Process: Lithography Paper:  Watermark: None Perf: 14 (comb) Cylinders: Printed in panes of four, separated by gutters, and guillotined through vertical gutter and distributed in two vertical panes. 1A 1A 1A 1A 1A : 1B 1B 1B 1B B [upper left : lower…

View More Zambia Philately: 1977 Christmas – 15n Innkeeper with Mary and Joseph

Details Designer: Gabriel Ellison Printer: John Waddington of Kirkstall Ltd, Leeds, England Process: Lithography Paper:  Watermark: None Perf: 14 (comb) Cylinders: Printed in panes of four, separated by gutters, and guillotined through vertical gutter and distributed in two vertical panes. 1C (Yellow) 1C (Magenta) 1C (Cyan) 1C (Black) 1C (Gold) : 1A (Yellow) 1A (Magenta)…

View More Zambia Philately: 1977 Christmas – 10n Three Wise Men

Details Designer: Gabriel Ellison Printer: John Waddington of Kirkstall Ltd, Leeds, England Process: Lithography Paper:  Watermark: None Perf: 14 (comb) Cylinders: Printed in panes of four, separated by gutters, and guillotined through vertical gutter and distributed in two vertical panes. 1C (Yellow) 1C (Magenta) 1C (Cyan) 1C (Black) 1C (Gold) : 1A (Yellow) 1A (Magenta)…

View More Zambia Philately: 1977 Christmas – 9n Mary and Joseph

Details Designer: Gabriel Ellison Printer: John Waddington of Kirkstall Ltd, Leeds, England Process: Lithography Paper:  Watermark: None Perf: 14 (comb) Cylinders: Printed in panes of four, separated by gutters, and guillotined through vertical gutter and distributed in two vertical panes. 1C (Yellow) 1C (Magenta) 1C (Cyan) 1C (Black) 1C (Gold) : 1A (Yellow) 1A (Magenta)…

View More Zambia Philately: 1977 Christmas – 4n Shepherds

Details Date of Issue: 20 December 1977 Date Withdrawn: Date Invalidated: Designer: Gabriel Ellison Printer: John Waddington of Kirkstall Ltd, Leeds, England Process: Lithography Paper:  Watermark: None Perf: 14 (comb) Cylinders: Printed in panes of four, separated by gutters, and guillotined through vertical gutter and distributed in two vertical panes. 1C 1C 1C 1C 1C :…

View More Zambia Philately: 1977 Christmas

Details Series: 1977 Decade of Action To Combat Racism and Racial Discrimination Subject:  Designer: Gabriel Ellison Printer: Questa Colour Security Printers Limited (The House of Questa) Process: Lithography Paper:  Watermark: None Perf: 14 x 14.5 (comb) Cylinders: Cyan – Yellow – Magenta – Black – Violet Sheet:  Quantity: Sheet Numbers

View More Zambia Philately: 1977 Decade of Action To Combat Racism and Racial Discrimination – 4n

Details Date of Issue: 20 October 1977 Date Withdrawn:  Date Invalidated: Designer: Gabriel Ellison Printer: Questa Colour Security Printers Limited (The House of Questa) Process: Lithography Paper:  Watermark: None Perf: 14 x 14.5 (comb) Cylinders: Sheet:  Quantity: Subjects 4n 9n 15n

View More Zambia Philately: 1977 Decade of Action To Combat Racism and Racial Discrimination

Chaplin’s barbet (Lybius chaplini) is a bird species in the family Lybiidae, which was until recently united with the other barbets in the Capitonidae. This bird was named in honour of Sir Francis Drummond Percy Chaplin, a former colonial governor. The species was re-named to emphasize its status as Zambia’s…

View More Zambia Philately: 1977 Birds of Zambia – 25n Chaplin’s Barbet

The white-chested tinkerbird (Pogoniulus makawai) is a species of bird in the Lybiidae family (African barbets). It is endemic to the Zambezian Cryptosepalum dry forests of Zambia. It is only known from the single type specimen, collected in 1964 by Jali Makawa, the field assistant and collector for Constantine Benson.…

View More Zambia Philately: 1977 Birds of Zambia – 20n White-Chested Tinkerbird

Shelley’s sunbird (Cinnyris shelleyi) is a species of bird in the family Nectariniidae. It is found in Democratic Republic of the Congo, Malawi, Mozambique, Tanzania, Zambia and Zimbabwe. The species is named after George Ernest Shelley. Nectarinia is a genus of birds in the sunbird family, Nectariniidae. What species belong…

View More Zambia Philately: 1977 Birds of Zambia – 9n Shelly’s Sunbird