Commerce is symbolized in this stamp by a complex of buildings with a statue of the Founder, Cecil John Rhodes, in the foreground. The first government in Rhodesia was provided by a commercial organisation, the British South Africa Company, and Rhodesia’s modern history can be said to date from 1899 when, in a commercial transaction, Rhodes signed a contract with Major Frank Johnson for £90,000 to bring the Pioneer Column into what is now Mashonaland to take up the concession granted by Lobengula, King of the Matabele.
Details
- Designer: Rose Martin
- Printer: Mardon Printers (Pvt.) Ltd., Salisbury, Rhodesia
- Process: Lithography
- Paper: Chromo with brown gum
- Watermark: None
- Perf: 14.5 (comb)
- Cylinders:
- 1A (Black) 1A (Magenta) 1A (Cyan) 1A (Yellow)
- 1B (Black) 1B (Magenta) 1B (Cyan) 1B (Yellow)
- Sheet: 10 x 10 (100)
- Quantity:
- 1st Printing – 6,010,000 (Sheet No. 001-30,500)
- 2nd Printing – 2,000,000 (Sheet No. 30,501-41,050)
- 3rd Printing – 1,910,000 (Sheet No. 41,051-49,600)
- 4th Printing – 3,000,000 (Sheet No. 49,601-64,600)
- Reprints:
- 15 July 1971 (2nd Printing)
- 8 November 1971 (3rd Printing)
- 27 March 1972 (4th Printing)
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