The 4d stamp was created from various pictures, both black & white and coloured, of lake fishermen and dug-outs. These were of typical scenes on Lake Malawi where traditional fishermen use hollow tree-trunk canoes and small types of seine and gill nets.
The two Kodachrome 35mm images below are:
- Photo A – Lake scene, Kota Kota
- Photo B – Chia Lagoon, Kota Kota district
Details
- Subject: Fishing
- Designer: Victor Whitely
- Printer: Harrisons & Sons Ltd, London
- Process: Photogravure
- Paper:
- Watermark: None
- Perf: 14.5 (comb)
- Cylinders: 1A (Orange) 1A (Black)
- Sheet: R6 x 10 (60 stamps)
- Quantity:
Cylinder Numbers
References
- Gibbons Stamp Monthly (June 1964)
- Malawi Tourism: Fishing