Rhodesia

Rhodesia Philately: 1973 Second Definitive Issue (New Values) – 3c Road Transport

thedigitalphilatelist 01/01/1973

The stamp showed a Rhodesia Railways Road Motor Services (RMS) truck conveying a load of cotton to one of the cotton gins.

Details
  • Designer: Rose Martin
  • Printer: Mardon Printers (Pvt.) Ltd., Salisbury, Rhodesia
  • Process: Lithography
  • Paper: Chromo with brownish gum
  • Watermark: None
  • Perf: 14.5 (comb)
  • Cylinders: 
    • 1A (Cyan) 1A (Yellow) 1A (Magenta) 1A (Black)
    • 1B (Cyan) 1B (Yellow) 1B (Magenta) 1B (Black)
  • Sheet: 10 x 10 (100 stamps)
  • Quantity:
    • 1st Printing – 22,920,000 (No.001-114,600)
    • 2nd Printing – 25,740,000 (No.114,601-243,300)
    • 3rd Printing – 13,000,000 (No.243,301-308,300)
  • Reprints:
    • 2nd Printing – 7 May 1973
    • 3rd Printing – 5 December 1973
Sheet Numbers (1st Printing)
Sheet Numbers (2nd Printing)
Sheet Numbers (3rd Printing)
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