Famous Figure Serious No.5 Rhodesia Details Date of Issue: 1st March, 1971 Date Withdrawn: 31st August, 1971 Date Invalidated: 1st September, 1974 Designer: Based on a portrait of Selous by L. C. Dickinson Printer: Mardon Printers (PVT) Ltd., Salisbury, Rhodesia Process: Offset Lithography Paper: White, brown gum Perf: Comb 14.5 Cylinders: 1A 1A 1A 1A 1B 1B 1B 1B…
Rhodesia 1970 – No.4 in the Famous Figures Series – Mother Patrick Details Date of Issue: 16th November, 1970 Date Withdrawn: 31st May, 1971 Date Invalidated: 1st June, 1974 Designer: Rose Martin Printer: Mardon Printers (PVT) Ltd. Process: Offset Lithography Paper: White, brown gum Watermark: N/A Perf: Comb 14.5 Cylinders: 1A 1A 1A 1A 1B 1B 1B 1B Sheet:…
Rhodesia 1969 – No.3 in the Famous Figures Series – Sir William Henry Milton Details Date of Issue: 15th January, 1969 Date Withdrawn: 30th April, 1969 Date Invalidated: 1st May, 1972 Designer: From portrait by Sidney Kendrick Printer: Mardon Printers (PVT) Ltd., Salisbury, Rhodesia Process: Offset Lithography Paper: Chromo, creamy/brown gum Watermark: N/A Perf: Comb 14.5 Cylinders: 1A 1A 1A…
Rhodesia 1968 – Alfred Beit 1853 – 1906 Details Date of Issue: 15th July, 1968 Date Withdrawn: Date Invalidated: Designer: A Haywood Printer: Mardon Printers (PVT) Ltd Process: Offset lithography Paper: Chromo, creamy/brown gum Watermark: N/A Perf: Comb 14.5 Cylinders: 1A 1A 1A 1A Sheet: 6 x 10 Booklet: N/A Quantity: 300,000 Encyclopedia Entry 1968 – Alfred Beit 1853 –…
Rhodesia 1968 – Alfred Beit 1853 – 1906
Rhodesia 1967 – Dr Leander Starr Jameson 1853 – 1917 Details Date of Issue: 17th May, 1967 Date Withdrawn: 31st August, 1967 Date Invalidated: 15th August, 1970 Designer: F M Bennett Printer: Mardon Printers (PVT) Ltd Process: Offset lithography Paper: Chromo, creamy/brown gum Watermark: N/A Perf: Comb 14.5 Cylinders: 1A 1A 1A 1A 1B 1B 1B 1B Sheet: Booklet:…
Rhodesia 1967 – Dr Leander Starr Jameson 1853 – 1917
Last Day of Rhodesia 31 May 1979 On 31 May 1979, Ian Smith left the stage as Prime Minister on the last day of white rule in Rhodesia. His legacy was a state unrecognised by the international community, subjected to trade boycotts, and a country ravaged by civil war. On his last day in office,…
Opening of Geneva Conference on Rhodesia 28 October – 14 December 1976 The Geneva Conference took place in Geneva, Switzerland during the Rhodesian Bush War. Held under British mediation, its participants were the unrecognised government of Rhodesia, led by Ian Smith, and a number of rival Rhodesian black nationalist parties: the African National Council, led by…
Zimbabwe Rhodesia Election 17-21 April 1979 The Zimbabwe-Rhodesia general election was held in April 1979 under the internal settlement negotiated by the Rhodesian Front government of Ian Smith intended to provide a peaceful transition to majority rule on terms not harmful to Rhodesians of European descent. The internal settlement was not approved internationally but the…
