Malawi Philately: 1979 National Tree Planting Day

On 21 January 1979 Malawi celebrated National Tree Planting Day. One thousand five hundred schools participated in the National Tree Planting Day Ceremony, with approximately 400 hectares of trees being planted . Throughout the year the Forestry Extension Unit also continued with the programme of general forestry education through such media as radio broadcast, newspaper articles and film shows.

Details
  • Date of Issue: 21 January 1979
  • Date Withdrawn:
  • Date Invalidated:
  • Designer: L Curtis
  • Printer: Questa Colour Security Printers Ltd (House of Questa)
  • Process: Lithography
  • Paper: 
  • Watermark: Cockerels
  • Perf: 13.5 (comb)
  • Cylinders: Printed in four panes, each divided by a gutter strip. Guillotined through horizontal gutter and distributed in sheets of two panes.
    • 1A (Cyan) 1A (Yellow) 1A (Magenta) 1A (Black) : 1C (Cyan) 1C (Yellow) 1C (Magenta) 1C (Black)
    • 1B (Cyan) 1B (Yellow) 1B (Magenta) 1B (Black) : 1D (Cyan) 1D (Yellow) 1D (Magenta) 1D (Black)
  • Sheet: 
  • Quantity:
Subjects
References
  • Malaŵi Yearbook (1980)
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