Victoria Falls (also known Mosi-oa-Tunya – The Smoke That Thunders) is a waterfall on the Zambezi River. It is located between Zambia and Rhodesia and is one of the world’s largest waterfalls.
Though known to some European geographers before the 19th century, Scottish missionary David Livingstone identified the falls in 1855, providing the English colonial name of Victoria Falls after Queen Victoria. The falls were an important source of tourism.
The falls is made up of five different waterfalls including the Devil’s Cataract, the Main Falls, the Horseshoe Falls, the Rainbow Falls and the Eastern Cataract.
Features of Victoria Falls
Stamps and Postal Products
1970 – Second Definitive Issue – 8c Tourism
1973 – Second Definitive Issue (New Values) – 7½c Tourism
Postcards
1965 – Packaging and Printing Industries (Pvt) Ltd (Type IB)
1968 – Big Game Photography (Pvt.) Ltd. (V Series – Type II)
1970 – Big Game Photography (Pvt.) Ltd. (V Series – Type IIIA)
1971 – Big Game Photography (Pvt.) Ltd. (V Series – Type VB)
1975 – Big Game Photography (Pvt.) Ltd. (V Series – Type VIB)
1975 – R A Bourlay (Art – PS Series Type III)
