Category: Southern Rhodesia

The 6d stamp is based on a 1952 publicity still of a Baobab Tree that grew on the foothills of Mutemwa hill – a massive rounded granite outcrop near Mutoko village, adjacent to the Tere Ruins. Details Subject: Baobab Tree Designer:  Printer: Bradbury Wilkinson & Co Ltd, New Malden, Surrey, England…

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Kariba Gorge was located on the Zambezi that would by 1960 have had a dam constructed across to provide the world’s largest man made dam. Details Subject: Kariba Gorge Designer: From a photograph by Ronald D K Hadden (Department of Public Relations) Printer: Bradbury Wilkinson & Co Ltd, New Malden,…

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This stamp depicts the Birchenough Bridge. At the time this bridge was constructed it had the third longest span in the world. Details Subject: Birchenough Bridge Designer: From a photograph by Ronald D K Hadden (Department of Public Relations) Printer: Bradbury Wilkinson & Co Ltd, New Malden, Surrey, England Process:…

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The image is taken from a picture of an aerial view of the Victoria Falls. Details Subject: Victoria Falls Designer: From a photograph by Ronald D K Hadden (Department of Public Relations) Printer: Bradbury Wilkinson & Co Ltd, New Malden, Surrey, England Process: Recess Paper:  Watermark: None Perf: 14 x 13.5 (comb) Plates: None…

View More Southern Rhodesia Philately: 1953 Definitive Series – 4½d Victoria Falls

Details Series: 1953 Definitive Series Subject: Rhodes Grave  Designer:  Printer: Bradbury Wilkinson & Co Ltd, New Malden, Surrey, England Process: Recess Paper:  Watermark: None Perf: 13.5 x 14 (comb) Plates: None Sheet:  Printed in two sheets consisting of 60 (R6 x 10) stamps each sheet and divided by gutter Distributed in…

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The image is taken from a picture of the Great Enclosure, Great Zimbabwe. Details Subject: Great Zimbabwe Designer: From a photograph by Ronald D K Hadden (Department of Public Relations) Printer: Bradbury Wilkinson & Co Ltd, New Malden, Surrey, England Process: Recess Paper:  Watermark: None Perf: 14 x 13.5 (comb)…

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This stamp depicts a tobacco planter. The tobacco industry contributed a significant amount to the country’s foreign earnings. The illustration shows a tobacco planter removing suckers from the tobacco plant. Details Subject: Tobacco Planter Designer:  Printer: Bradbury Wilkinson & Co Ltd, New Malden, Surrey, England Process: Recess Paper:  Watermark: None…

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Details Subject: Sable Antelope Designer:  Printer: Bradbury Wilkinson & Co Ltd, New Malden, Surrey, England Process: Recess Paper:  Watermark: None Perf: 14 x 13.5 (comb) Plates: None. Printed in four panes and separated by horizontal and vertical gutters. Distributed in one sheet of four panes. Sheet: R6 x 10/4 panes …

View More Southern Rhodesia Philately: 1953 Definitive Series – ½d Sable Antelope

The origin of this set goes back to 1951, when public pressure began to mount for a change in the country’s stamps. People were growing tired of the 2d. and 3d. ‘Victoria Falls’ denominations and the current set had already been on sale for 13 years. The colours of the…

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The is stamp depicts Southern Rhodesia’s Coat of Arms –  the national coat of arms with the motto Sit Nomine Digna (Worthy of the Name). Details Designer:  Printer: Bradbury Wilkinson & Co Ltd, New Malden, Surrey, England Process: Recess Paper:  Watermark: None Perf: 14 x 14 (comb) Plates: None Sheet: R6 x 10 (60 stamps) Quantity:…

View More Southern Rhodesia Philately: 1953 Definitive Series – £1 Coat of Arms