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Waterlow & Sons Ltd: Order 292315

Waterlow & Sons Ltd

Order 292315

Each sheet was printed in two panes of 60, separated by a gutter.

Plate numbers appear at the bottom of the sheets in the gutter, except for the 1/- value which appears at the top.

Print Run

File Copy

Value	Quantity	Plate	Date	Design	Notes
½d		45647		Frame
½d	5,300,000	45644	18.11.1952	Vignette	Insert register lines. Lay as marked.
½d	5,300,000	45644	18.11.1952	Vignette	Colour correct, plate correct except X
½d	5,300,000	45647 & 45644	01.12.1952	Combined	Test for comb perf. X Casement wording and lay correct.
½d	5,300,000	45647 & 45644	02.12.1952	Combined	Colour correct. Plate correct.
½d	5,300,000	45647 & 45644		Combined	File Copy
1d		45701		Frame
1d	15,200,060	45703	21.10.1952	Vignette	Vignette plate correct for 1d value. Lay straight as marked.
1d	15,200,060	45703	21.10.1952	Vignette	Colour correct. Plate correct.
1d	15,200,060	45701 & 45703	29.10.1952	Combined	Casement wording and lay correct. Test for comb perf.
1d	15,200,060	45701 & 45703	29.10.1952	Combined	Colour correct. Plate correct.
1d	15,200,060	45701 & 45703		Combined	File Copy
2d		45700		Frame
2d	20,600,060	45702	17.10.1952	Vignette	Correct vignette plate for 2d. Add plate number and register lines Qy side margins for perforations. Lay as marked.
2d	20,600,060	45702	20.10.1952	Vignette	Plate and colour ok. Remove X.
2d	20,600,060	45700 & 45702	06.11.1952	Combined	Lay lower as marked. Wording correct.
2d	20,600,060	45700 & 45702	13.11.1952	Combined	Casement wording correct. Improve register. Colour correct. Plate correct.
2d	20,600,060	45700 & 45702		Combined	File Copy
4½d		45645		Frame
4½d	2,720,060	45646	31.10.1952	Vignette	Vignette correct. Plate correct.
4½d	2,720,060	45645 & 45646	18.11.1952	Combined	Casement wording correct. Lay a shade lower as marked. Plate and colour correct. Please try on the run to get a little fuller.
4½d	2,720,060	45645 & 45646		Combined	File Copy.
1/-		45643		Frame
1/-	2,300,060	45648	07.11.1952	Vignette	Lay as marked. Vignette plate correct. Add plate number and register lines. Colour correct. Plate correct. Lay as marked. Vignette plate correct. Add plate number and register lines. Colour correct. Plate correct.
1/-	2,300,060	45643 & 45648	26.11.1952	Combined.	Casement wording and lay correct.
1/-	2,300,060	45643 & 45648	26.11.1952	Combined.	Plate and colour ok. Remove X.
1/-	2,300,060	45643 & 45648			File Copy.

Production: 1953 – Rhodes Centenary (SR)

Southern Rhodesia

1953 – Rhodes Centenary

Order No.	Earliest Date	Latest Date
292315	17/10/1952	02/12/1952

Pre-Production: 1963 – World Tobacco Congress

Rhodesia & Nyasaland

1963 – World Tobacco Congress

: Fig 1

: Fig 2

: Fig 3

: Fig 4

: Fig 5

Fig. 1 – 3d

This is the emblem of the Tobacco Export Promotion Council of Rhodesia and Nyasaland (TEPCORN) taken from one of their export brochures. The plant shown is Nicotiana tabacum.

Fig. 2 – 2/6d

A hand of flue-cured tobacco lead. Image from a photograph from the official files.

Fig. 3 – 6d

An image of the tobacco fields representative of the Inyazura District of Southern Rhodesia. The photograph is also taken from a TEPCORN’s export brochure. On the back of the official photograph, a lane is marked with an ‘x’ with notes to add ‘a man in shorts and shirt and wearing a slouch hat.’

Fig. 4 & 5 – 1/3d

These two official photos were blended together to form the final design.

Fig. 3 was taken by the Rhodesian authorities but it was later decided to add a human element.

Fig. 4 was selected from the Rhodesia House files to introduce this human element. It shows a typical tobacco auction floor in Salisbury. The photograph is numbered ‘6534 of the Public Relations Division, Ministry of Home Affairs, photographed by H W Mills.’ It was taken in April 1961.