Details Designer: Rose Martin Printer: Mardon Printers (Pvt.) Ltd., Salisbury, Rhodesia Process: Lithography Paper: Brown Gum Cream Gum Watermark: None Perf: 14.5 (comb) Cylinders: Printed from booklet panes of the 1970 Definitive series to produce panes of 4. Sheet: R2 x 2 (four stamps) Quantity: 3,000 large printed sheets producing the following mini sheets: Type…
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Rhodesia Philately: 1972 RHOPHIL 72
The Congress of the Philatelic Federation of Southern Africa, through the Mashonaland Philatelic Society held an exhibition of stamps in the Beit Hall, Girls High School, Salisbury from 28th August to 2nd September, 1972. The combined events were given the name “Rhophil 72”. The miniature sheets were only available for…
View More Rhodesia Philately: 1972 RHOPHIL 72Rhodesia Philately: Pictorial Publishing Co. (Pvt.) Ltd. – Type IIIA
Details Publisher: Pictorial Publishing Co. (Pvt.) Ltd. Salisbury Distributor: Printer: Process: Photographer: Year: 1972 Series:
View More Rhodesia Philately: Pictorial Publishing Co. (Pvt.) Ltd. – Type IIIARhodesia Philately: Pictorial Publishing Co. (Pvt.) Ltd. – Type III
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 IIIRhodesia 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 Internal…
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…
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