During the Independence Ceremony in Lusaka on 24th October, 1964, the President of the Republic of Zambia, Dr. Kuanda, said: “The task before us in building our new nation is formidable and I shall need the support of you, the people of Zambia, if I am to succeed.” The People of Zambia, from the highest civil servant to the humble subsistence farmer, have answered this appeal whole-heartedly and in the first year of independence the country has made great progress.
Inspired by the Government’s dynamic £35 million 18-month transactional development plan, self-help has been the slogan of all Zambians. In the rural areas people have built schools, roads and bridges and the hundreds of young men in the Youth Service camps have worked on similar projects.
But perhaps the most enthusiastic self-help project has been the man-in-the-street fund raising campaign for the University of Zambia, which will open in 1966. In the first six months of the fund’s existence more than £60,000 was donated. This was in addition to the £285,000 given by the big business firms.
Zambia needs, and appreciates, the aid it is receiving from more developed countries. The Government is using this aid to improve conditions in the rural areas, to increase education and health facilities, and better the standard of living of every Zambian.
Development is a slow progress but in Zambia, with its stable Government, its copper wealth and its hardworking people, this process is explorable.
Details
- Date of Issue: 18 October 1965
- Date Withdrawn: 30 September 1966 (Statutory Notice No.286 of 1966)
- Date Invalidated: 31 October 1967 (Statutory Notice No.328 of 1967)
- Designer: Gabriel Ellison
- Printer: Harrison & Sons Ltd, London
- Process: Photogravure
- Paper:
- Watermark: None
- Perf:
- 13.5 x 14.5 (3d)
- 14 x 13.5 (6d, 1/3d, 2/6d)
- Cylinders:
- 1A x 3 (6d, 1/3d, 2/6d)
- 1A x 4 (3d)
- 1B x 4 (3d)
- Sheet:
- R10 x 6 (3d & 6d)
- R6 x 10 (1/3d & 2/6d)
- Quantity:
Subjects
First Day Covers (official)
First Day Covers (Unofficial)
London Assurance, The
Stamp Bulletin
Zambia National Archives
The Zambia National Archives contained a copy of the following:
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- Two complete sheet of each value, with sheet number 00001 & 00002 (both sheets of the 3d from cylinder 1A x 4)
- A set of imperforate proofs individually mounted on presentation cards (the 6d inscribed “revised colour proof in MS).
