Production of tobacco in Zambia dates back to the early 1920’s when European settlers grew it on a small scale. The importance of tobacco as a cash crop grew over the years up to the early past independence years.
In the 1960s, tobacco was considered to be one of the ways of diversifying the copper oriented economy. However, post-independence, there was a decline in tobacco production. Firstly, there was an exodus of ex-patriate farmers. Before Independence the production of tobacco was completely in the hands of ex-patriate large scale commercial farmers. In 1964 a total of 313 of them produced the record crop of 24 million lbs.
Details
- Designer: Gabriel Ellison
- Printer: Harrison & Sons Ltd.
- Process: Photogravure
- Paper:
- Watermark: None
- Perf: 14.5 x 13.5
- Cylinders: 1A (Blue), 1A (Red), 1A (Yellow), 1A (Black)
- Sheet: R10 x 6
- Quantity:
- Reprintings: 24 February 1967
Cylinder Numbers
References
- The Production and Geographical Distribution of Tobacco in Zambia (1972) – R.C. Harkema
