Southern Rhodesia Philately: 1953 Definitive Series – 6d Baobab Tree

The 6d stamp is based on a 1952 publicity still of a Baobab Tree that grew on the foothills of Mutemwa hill – a massive rounded granite outcrop near Mutoko village, adjacent to the Tere Ruins.

Details
  • Subject: Baobab Tree
  • 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:
    • 1,875,000 (ordered)
    • 1,343,286 (sold)
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