A philatelic advisory committee was set up consisting of 11 members, representing philatelic societies at Salisbury, Bulawayo, Kitwe and Limbe, and various Government Departments. The committee decided that a new issue of Federal postage stamps was desirable, and that the designs should be pictorial and taken from selected photographs. The committee agreed that in order to obtain the maximum publicity for the Federation, designs should feature the country’s development and attractions. Aspects favoured included agriculture, buildings, communications, fauna, flora, industry, scenery and transport.
Details
- Date of Issue: 12 August 1959
- Date Withdrawn:
- 1 November 1963 (Nyasaland)
- 10 December 1963 (Northern Rhodesia)
- 19 February 1964 (Southern Rhodesia)
- Date Invalidated:
- 1 November 1963 (Nyasaland)
- 1 September 1964 (Northern Rhodesia)
- 1 September 1964 (Southern Rhodesia)
- Designer:
- Printer:
- Waterlow & Sons, London Wall, London, E.C. (½d, 1d, 2d, 2d & 1s)
- Thomas De La Rue & Company London (1d, 2d, 2½d, 4d, 6d, 2s, 2/6d)
- Bradbury Wilkinson & Co Ltd, New Malden, Surrey, England (3d, 1/3d, 5s, 10s, £1)
- Process: Recess
- Paper:
- Watermark: None
- Perf: (comb)
- 11 (5s, 10s, £1)
- 13.5 x 13 (1s)
- 13.5 x 14 (½d, 1d 2d)
- 14 (1/3d)
- 14 x 13.5 (3d)
- 14.5 (2½d, 4d, 6d, 2s & 2/6d)
- Plates:
- Sheet:
- R12 x 20 (½d, 1d, 2d, 2½d)
- R20 x 12 (3d)
- R10 x 6 (4d, 6d, 1/3d, 2s, 2/6d, 5s, 10s, £1)
- R6x 10 (1s)
- Quantity:
- ½d – 9,600,000
- 1d – 122,400,000
- 2d – 6,000,000
- 2½d – 53,825,000
- 3d – 112,445,000
- 4d – 9,760,000
- 6d – 10,440,000
- 1s – 10,500,000
- 1/3d – 7,380,000
- 2s – 1,120,000
- 2/6d – 1,700,000
- 5s – 617,000
- 10s – 255,000
- £1 – 195,000
Subjects
- ½d – Tea Picking
- 1d – V H F Mast
- 2d – Copper Mining
- 2½d –
- 3d –
- 4d –
- 6d –
- 1s –
- 1/3d –
- 2s – Chirundu Bridge
- 2/6d – Salisbury Airport
- 5s – Rhodes Statue
- 10s – Mlanje
- £1 – Coat of Arms
