The stamps of this series were based on the Nyasaland 1963 Definitive Series. The original artwork had transparent overlays bearing the name ‘Malawi,’ enabling new cylinders to be prepared for printing as and when required. The artwork was approved by Colin Cameron (Federal) Minister of Transport and Communication in August 1963.
Details
- Date of Issue: 6 July 1964
- Date Withdrawn:
- 14 June 1965 (1/3d, 2/6d)
- 31 May 1965 (5s)
- 12 November 1968 (all values/issues)
- Date Invalidated:
- Designer: Victor Whitely
- Printer: Harrisons & Sons Ltd, London
- Process: Photogravure
- Paper:
- 9th Printing – PVA gum
- Watermark:
- 1st to 3rd Printing – None
- 4th to 9th Printing – Cockerels (sideways on ½d & 2d)
- Perf: 14.5 (comb)
- Cylinders:
- 1A (½d,2d)
- 1A 1A (1d,4d,1/3d,1/6d,2/6d,£1)
- 1A 1A 1A (3d, 6d, 9d,1s,10s)
- 1A 1A 1A 1A (5s,£2)
- 1B 1B (1d)
- 1B 1B 1B (3d)
- Sheet:
- R6 x 10 (½d to 4d,£1)
- R10 x 6 (others)
- Quantity:
- Reprints:
- 2nd Printing – February 1965 (6d,1/3d,£1)
- 3rd Printing – 1 June 1965 (5s)
- 4th Printing – 1 April 1966 (½d,1d,1s)
- 5th Printing – 7 September 1966 (£2)
- 6th Printing – 11 November 1966 (1/6d)
- 7th Printing – 16 May 1967 (2d,6d,9d,1s,5s,10s)
- 8th Printing – 27 June 1967 (3d)
- 9th Printing – 29 August 1968 (2d)
Subjects
- ½d – Mother & Child
- 1d – Chambo
- 2d – Zebu Bull
- 3d – Groundnuts
- 4d – Fishing
- 6d – Tea Industry
- 9d – Tung
- 1s – Timber
- 1/3d – Turkish Tobacco Industry
- 2/6d – Cotton Industry
- 5s – Monkey Bay – Lake Nyasa
- 10s – Forestry – Afzelia
- £1 – Nyala
First Day Covers (Unofficial) – 4th Printing
Copperbelt Philatelic Society (Zambia)
