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 & FaunaThe 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)Ntemwa was one of six smaller camps located in Kafue National Park. This camp was the nearest base for viewing the prolific game and bird life of the Busanga Plains.
View More Zambia Philately: Ntemwa CampMoshi was one of six smaller camps located in Kafue National Park. It was considered the game viewing centre for the Northern Sector, with a nearby airstrip for light aircraft.
View More Zambia Philately: Moshi CampLufupa was one of six smaller camps located in Kafue National Park and was a riverside camp.
View More Zambia Philately: Lufupa CampChunga was one of six smaller camps located in Kafue National Park and was located four miles from the Kafue Hook Pontoon.
View More Zambia Philately: Chunga CampSchool Camp was one of two camps located in Kafue National Park reserved for wild life conservation. School Camp was reserved for school children attending courses in Wild Life conservation.
View More Zambia Philately: School CampIn 1964, Lilongwe Hotel, Lilongwe, was one of the only private-owned hotels in Malawi. In 1969, the Government bought out the hotel. In 1970, the hotel was extended and refurbished under Phase 3 of the Government’s Hotel Development Plan. Hallways Hotels (Overseas) Ltd managed the hotel. In April 1971, a…
View More Malawi Philately: Lilongwe HotelThe African Craft Village, Livingstone, was built in 1960 by the Rhodes-Livingstone Museum on a site allocated by the Victoria Falls Trust and the Municipal Council of Livingstone with assistance from the trust and small grant from the Sporting and Cultural Fund. Around 1964/65, it was renamed as the Open…
View More Zambia Philately: Craft VillageOn 27 May 1938, three reserves were established in the valley of the Luangwa River: North Luangwa Game Reserve, Lukusuzi Game Reserve and South Luangwa Reserve. In 1960, Norman Carr, a former elephant control officer of the Game and Tsetse Department of Northern Rhodesia, created the Luangwa Valley Game Reserve.…
View More Zambia Philately: Luangwa Valley National Park