The Digital Philatelist

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MV Ilala II was the largest vessel to operate on Lake Malawi. It was built by Yarrow & Co. of Glasgow and launched on Lake Malawi in 1951. The vessel had a displacement of 620 tons, carried 720 tons of cargo, and 451 passengers (11 cabin class, 50 second class,…

The 9d stamp was a new addition to the 1964 Definitive Series. Victor Whitely and his design team conducted research at the British Museum of Natural History. However, there were difficulties determining the correct interpretation of the tree and production designs had to be re-submitted. Details Subject: Tung Designer: Victor Whitely…

The common duiker (Sylvicapra grimmia), also known as the grey or bush duiker, is a small antelope found everywhere in Africa south of the Sahara, excluding the Horn of Africa and the rainforests of the central and western parts of the continent. Generally, they are found in habitats with sufficient…

The red duiker (Cephalophus natalensis) is a small antelope found in central to southern Africa. While the red forest duiker is very similar to the common duiker, it is smaller in size and has a distinguishing reddish colouring. Additionally, the red forest duiker favours a denser bush habitat than the…

The 6d image was a composite image taken from various images of tea pickers, plantations and tea leaves of Mlanje Mountain. Originally intended to be two colours, the artwork was endorsed by Colin Cameron with the provision blue was added to the sky. Photo A – taken from Kodachrome transparency…

The bushbuck (Tragelaphus scriptus) is a common and a widespread species of antelope in Sub-Saharan Africa. They have a light brown coat, with up to seven white stripes and white splotches on the sides. The white patches are usually geometrically shaped and on the most mobile parts of their body such as…

The African green pigeon (Treron calvus) is a species of bird in the family Columbidae, and one of five green pigeon species in the Afrotropics. The species has a wide range in Sub-Saharan Africa with around 17 accepted races. As with others in their genus, they frequent tree canopies where…