Southern Rhodesia Philately: 1953 Definitive Series – 2d Rhodes’ Grave

Details

• Subject: Rhodes Grave 
• Designer: 
• Printer: Bradbury Wilkinson & Co Ltd, New Malden, Surrey, England
• Process: Recess
• Paper: 
• Watermark: None
• Perf: 13.5 x 14 (comb)
• Plates: None. Printed in panes of two, separated by horizontal gutter, and guillotined through gutter.
• Sheet: R10 x 6 (60 stamps)
• Quantity:
  • 30,000,000 (ordered)
  • 16,809,000 (sold)

Sheet Numbers

Varieties

• Head plate: Brown vs Reddish-Brown

• Bottom margin imperforate vs perforated through

• Imprint 9mm from base of frame vs imprint 6mm from base of frame.

Maximum Cards (Unofficial)

References

• Rhodesian Study Circle: 1953 QEII Pictorial Definitive Issue