Zambia Philately: 1979 3rd Definitive Issue (New Value Overprints)

Details

• Date of Issue: 15 March 1979
• Date Withdrawn:
• Date Invalidated:
• Designer: Gabriel Ellison
• Printer: John Waddington of Kirkstall Ltd, Leeds, England
• Process: Lithography
• Paper: 
• Watermark: None
• Perf: Comb
  • 13.5 x 14 (8n on 9n, 10n on 3n)
  • 13 (18n on 25n, 28n on 15n)
• Cylinders: 
  • 1A 1A 1A 1A
  • 1B 1B 1B 1B
• Sheet: 
• Quantity:

Sheets of existing stamps were overprinted in three colours: black (new stamp value), green (new sheet value), and red (new sheet number).

Subjects

• 8n on 9n – Kasaba Bay
• 10n on 3n – Zambia National Dancing Troupe
• 18n on 25n – Tobacco Growing
• 28n on 15n – Source of the Zambezi River with Independence Monument Nearby

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