Category: Zambia

Following the Second World War, the desire for an international body to aid world peace and security resulted in conferences held among the victorious powers. The outcome, the United Nations Charter, was signed at San Francisco on 26 June 1945 and subsequently ratified on 24 October that year. In 1961,…

View More Zambia Philately: 1965 International Co-operation Year

The Zambia National Tourism Bureau (ZNTB) was established in May, 1965 to market tourist attractions such as waterfalls, game parks and cultural ceremonies. One of the successful campaigns of the Bureau was the Zambia in the Sun campaign. In addition to the marketing of tourist attractions, from 1968 they also operated tours…

View More Zambia Philately: Zambia National Tourist Bureau

Commercial Bank Zambia Ltd was located in Lusaka. It was registered on 1 May 1965 to take over the business of the Netherlands Bank of South Africa Ltd. The Nederlandse Overzee Bank N.N. Amsterdam and the Continental Illinois National Bank and Trust Company of Chicago had equal shares. Further branches were…

View More Zambia Philately: Commercial Bank Zambia Ltd (Lusaka)

Details Publisher: Kingstons North Ltd Distributor: Printer: Monterey Printing & Packaging Ltd Process: Photographer: British Information Services Zambia Information Services Year: 1965 Series: 

View More Zambia Philately: Monterey Printing & Packaging Ltd (Type IV)

The Zambia Printing Company was established in 1965 by the Government of the Republic of Zambia. The entity was affiliated with Zambia Publishing Company as a holding company. Postcards Type 1B (Zambian Wildlife) Type C (Commonwealth Conference Lusaka – Zambia)

View More Zambia Philately: Zambia Printing Company

Zambia Safaris Limited was originally operated in Kalomo as Zambia Safaris and was run by two local ex-senior members of the Games Department, Ron Kidson and Keith Rowse. They held concessions in west Zambia adjoining the Kafue and Zambezi rivers. In 1965 Zambia Safaris Ltd inaugurated game hunting when the…

View More Zambia Philately: Zambia Safaris Limited

TG Travel (Turnbull, Gibson & Co., (Zambia) Ltd) was a travel agency located in the Carswells Building, President Ave, in Ndola. It also had premises at Chingola, Kitwe, Luanshya, Lusaka and Mufulira. It appears to have been established in 1965. References Owen’s Commerce and Travel and International Register (1974)

View More Zambia Philately: TG Travel

Thornicroft’s giraffe (Giraffa camelopardalis thornicrofti), also known as the Luangwa giraffe, is a subspecies of giraffe. It is geographically isolated, occurring only in Zambia’s South Luangwa Valley. The ecotype was originally named after Harry Scott Thornicroft, a commissioner in what was then North-Eastern Rhodesia and later Northern Rhodesia. Postcards 1969 –…

View More Zambia Philately: Thornicroft’s Giraffe (Giraffa camelopardalis thornicrofti)

A African Buffalo (Syncerus caffer caffer) African Lion (Pathera leo) Angoni Cattle B Baobab Tree Black Rhinoceros (Diceros bicornis) C Carmine Bee-Eater (Merops nubicoides) Cheetah (Acinonyx jubatus) Common Eland (Taurotragus oryx) Cookson’s Wildebeest (Connochaetes taurinus cooksoni) Crested Porcupine (Hystrix cristata) D Defassa Waterbuck (Kobus ellipsiprymnus defassa) Desert Warthog (Phacochoerus anthiopicus)…

View More Zambia Philately: Flora & Fauna

The African bush elephant (Loxodonta africana), also known as the African savanna elephant, is one of two living African elephant species. It is the largest living terrestrial animal. It is distributed across 37 African countries and inhabits forests, grasslands and woodlands, wetlands and agricultural land. It is a social mammal,…

View More Zambia Philately: Fauna of Zambia – Elephant (Loxodonta africana)