From 1974 to 1979, Malawi worked with the Canadian International Development Agency (CIDA) sponsored to build 110 kilometres of new track from Salima to Lilongwe though the Malawi-Canada Railway Project.
Details
- Date of Issue: 17 February 1979
- Date Withdrawn:
- Date Invalidated:
- Designer: John Waddington of Kirkstall Ltd, Leeds, England
- Printer: Questa Colour Security Printers Ltd (House of Questa)
- Process: Lithography
- Paper:
- Watermark:
- Cockerels (sideways) – 5t
- No watermark – all others
- Perf: 14.5 (comb)
- Cylinders:
- Sheet:
- Quantity:
Subjects
An unissued 4t version of the 5t, and a corresponding miniature sheet, exist from supplies sent to Malawi before Malawi Post increased the internal postal rate to 5t.
- 5t – Train Crossing Viaduct
- 10t – Train at Station
- 20t – Train Rounding Bend
- 40t – Train Passing Through Cutting
- 75t – Miniature Sheet