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International Telecommunication Union Centenary (Z)

International Telecommunication Union Centenary

Zambia

 

Details

  • Date of Issue: 26th July, 1965
  • Withdrawn: 12th October, 1965
  • Demonetized: 12th October, 1966
  • Designer: Unknown
  • Printer: Harrison & Sons Ltd., London
  • Print Type: Photogravure
  • Sheet Layout: 60 –  R5 x 12
  • Sheet Number: R1/12
  • Sheet Value: 6d only – R1/1-2
  • Imprint: Below R5/5-8
  • Cylinder No.: Below R5/11
  • Traffic lights: Alongside R5/12
  • Perf: 
    • Comb 14.3
    • Top border imperforate
    • Bottom border perforated through
    • Side margins imperforate (one hole only)
  • Cylinders: 1A 1A

Varities

6d – Break in the gold line under ‘U’ of “ITU” (R5/10)

2/6d – Break in the gold line under ‘U’ of “ITU” (R5/10)

First Day Cover

 

National Archives

The National Archives collection holds the following material:

  • A complete sheet of each value
  • A set of imperforate proofs individually mounted on presentation cards signed by L. Changufu (Minister of Information & Postal Services)

Philatelic Image Gallery

Reference

  • Zambia’s Postage Stamps: The Post Federation Stamp Issues of Northern Rhodesia and Zambia 1963-71 – A R Drysdall and J Case
  • Statutory Instrument No.297 of 1965
  • Statutory Instrument No.287 of 1966

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