Rhodesia & Nyasaland Philately: 1959 Definitive Series – ½d Tea Picking

The ½d. design, which depicts an African woman with a basket picking tea in Nyasaland, was compiled from two photographs taken by Messrs. R. K. D-Hadden and R. L. Kinsey, both of the Public Relations Department. The former showed a woman picking tea and the latter a male African performing the same task, but with a basket.

Details
  • Designer: Taken from photographs by R K D-Hadden and R L Kinsey (Public Relations Department)
  • Printer: Waterlow & Sons, London Wall, London, E.C.
  • Process: Recess
  • Paper: 
  • Watermark: None
  • Perf: 13.5 x 14 (comb)
  • Plates: 
  • Sheet: R12 x 20 (240 stamps)
  • Quantity: 9,600,000
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