Category: Zambia

Details Designer: Michael Goaman Printer: Harrison & Sons Ltd., London Process: Photogravure Paper:  Watermark: None Perf: 14.5 Cylinders:  1A (), 1A (), 1A () 1B (), 1B (), 1B () Sheet: R12 x 5 Quantity

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Details Designer: Michael Goaman Printer: Harrison & Sons Ltd., London Process: Photogravure Paper:  Watermark: None Perf: 14.5 Cylinders:  1A (Gold), 1A (Blue), 1A (Red-brown) 1B (Gold), 1B (Blue), 1B (Red-brown) Sheet: R12 x 5 Quantity Cylinder Numbers Sheet Numbers Varieties

View More Zambia Philately: 1966 WHO New Headquarters Building – 3d WHO New Headquarters Building

The World Health Organization (WHO) is a specialized agency of the United Nations responsible for international public health. The WHO was established on 7 April 1948. In 1962, construction began on a new headquarters building in Geneva. The building was opened in 1966. The new headquarters building of the World…

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  The Rhodes-Livingstone Museum, Livingstone, was designed by Major W J Roberts in Spanish style and officially opened in 1951. The museum acted as the parent museum of the National Museums of Zambia. In 1966 the National Museums Board, a statutory body was created by an Act of Parliament and the…

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The National Museums Board is a statutory body created by an Act of Parliament, Chapter 174, of the Laws of Zambia in 1966. The Board’s principal role is to contribute to the national development effort through the establishment, development and management of sustainable museums for the preservation, presentation and promotion…

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Kabwe was originally named Broken Hill until 1966. It was founded when lead and zinc deposits were discovered in 1902. The name Kabwe or Kabwe-Ka Mukuba means ‘ore’ or ‘smelting’ but the European/Australian prospectors named it Broken Hill after a similar mine in Broken Hill, New South Wales, Australia. In…

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The Livingstone Museum, Livingstone, was designed by Major W J Roberts in Spanish style and officially opened in 1951. Then known as the Rhodes-Livingstone Museum, the museum acted as the parent museum of the National Museums of Zambia. In 1966 the National Museums Board, a statutory body created by an…

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Kingstons (North) Ltd was a branch of the Rhodesian business, Kingstons – which was owned by the Central News Agency of South Africa. Around 1965, the name was changed to Kingstons (Zambia) Ltd. Postcards Monterey Printing & Packaging Ltd – Type IV References Listening, Looking and Learning: Report on a…

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Tithonia diversifolia is a species of flowering plant in the family Asteraceae. It is native to Mexico and Central America but has a nearly pantropical distribution as an introduced species. Depending on the area they may be either annual or perennial. It has shown great potential in raising the soil…

View More Zambia Philately: 1965 1st Anniversary of Independence – 2/6d Tithonia Diversifolia

The genus Clematopsis is in the family Ranunculaceae in the major group Angiosperms (Flowering plants). Two species of Clematopsis are native to Zambia. Details Designer: Gabriel Ellison Printer: Harrison & Sons Ltd, London Process: Photogravure Paper:  Watermark: None Perf: 14 x 13.5 Cylinders: 1A (Yellow), 1A (Purple), 1A (Sepia Sheet: R6 x 10 Quantity:…

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