Rhodesia & Nyasaland Philately: 1959 Definitive Series – 2d Copper Mining

The 2d. stamps were designed from an official photograph of a copper mine at Kitwe. Although faithfully following the photograph, the top of the headgear was eliminated to show the cable wheel in greater detail.

Details
  • Designer: 
  • Printer: 
    • Waterlow & Sons, London Wall, London, E.C.
    • Thomas De La Rue & Company London
  • Process: Recess
  • Paper: 
  • Watermark: None
  • Perf: 13.5 x 14 (comb)
  • Plates: 
  • Sheet: R12 x 20 (240 stamps)
  • Quantity: 6,000,000
Sheet Numbers (Waterlow & Sons)

 

Sheet Numbers (De La Rue)