Dr. Leander Starr Jameson was very closely associated with Cecil John Rhodes in the early development of Rhodesia. He accompanied the pioneer column that entered Mashonaland in 1890, and was appointed Administrator of that territory, in succession to Mr. A. R. Colquhoun, the following year. After the Matabele war of 1893, he was also appointed Administrator of Matabeleland. He took part in the disasterous raid into the Transvaal, after which he was tried and sentenced to fifteen months’ imprisonment in London, but was released shortly afterwards on account of ill health. he took up politics in Cape and became Prime Minister of that colony in 1904, and became a member of the National Convention thatr drafted the constitution of the Union of South Africa. In 1911, he became Privy Councillor and recevied a baronetcy. He retired to London and died in 1917.
The portrait of Dr. Jameson repoduced on this stamp is one that was painted by Frank Moss bennett and is now displayed in the Rhodesia Parliament building. Frane Moss Bennett, who was born in Liverpool, exhibited in the Royal Academy in the early twentieth century and was better known for his portraits, which at one time enjoyed some vogue but which are now of no great value. He painted the portraits of three of the early Administrators of Rhodesia – Dr. Jameson, Early Grey and Sir Drummond Chaplin – which were included in a presentation of portraits of all Administrators made to the Rhodesia Government by the British South Africa Company in October, 1939, on the occasion of the Golden Jubilee of the Company’s Charter.
Details
- Date of Issue: 17 May 1967
- Date Withdrawn: 31 August 1967
- Date Invalidated: 15 August 1970
- Designer: Mardon Printers based on a portrait by Frank Moss Bennett
- Printer: Mardon Printers (Pvt.) Ltd., Salisbury, Rhodesia
- Process: Lithography
- Paper: Gummed (creamy/brown) white chromo
- Watermark: None
- Perf: 14.5 (comb)
- Cylinders: See note below*
- 1A (Black) 1A (Yellow) 1A (Red) 1A (Blue)
- 1B (Black) 1B (Yellow) 1B (Red) 1B (Blue)
- Sheet: R6 x 10 (60 stamps)
- Quantity:
- 120,000 (1A)
- 48,000 (1B)
Note: The stamps were to have been produced in two panes, but due to the varying humid conditions prevailing at the time, it was found that the 1B plates were failing to register properly, and it was consequently decided to cut the printing plate in half and to print each pane separately. The second printing was undertaken on a Roland four-colour printing machine, whereas the lA panes were printed on a two-colour machine. The second printing took place at night when it was not easy to match the colours and consequently there is a difference in the two printings—the green of the 1B pane being of lighter colour.
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First Day Cover (Official)
First Day Covers will be available a post offices or direct from the Bureau. Residents of Rhodesia are asked to purchase their stamps and first day covers from post offices, and to post the covers in the special posting boxes that will be provided at all main centres. Special first day of issue date-stamps will be used at Bulawayo and Salisbury but ordinary hand date-stamps will be used at other centres. Covers posted in ordinary boxes will be date-stamped in the usual way. Covers requiring registration should be handed in over post office counters.
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