John Napier: First Day Covers – Nyasaland
John Napier
First Day Covers – Nyasaland
African Book Centre Type I FB
Industrial Development Malawi Details Date of Issue: 5th July, 1967 Designer: Jennifer Toombs Perf: 13.5 x 13 Printer: De La Rue & Co Ltd Print Type: Lithograph Plates: First Day Cover
Prevent Pollution Rhodesia Details Date of Issue: 17th July, 1972 Date Withdrawn: 31st January, 1973 Date Invalidated: 1st February, 1976 Designer: Clifford Lawton Printer: Mardon Printers (PVT) Ltd., Salisbury, Rhodesia Process: Offset Lithography Paper: White, brown gum Perf: 14.5 Cylinders: 1A 1A 1A 1A 1B 1B 1B 1B Sheet: 10 x 5 Quantity: 2½c – 7,000,000 3½c – 800,000…
Wide World Brotherhood The Wide World Brotherhood (WWB) was founded in 1949 by Horace Pitt-Kethley who at the time was editor of the The Wide World magazine. The WWB was a fraternal organisation for men and women “linked by a common bond of a love of travel and adventure” (Wide World magazine January 1956). To join the…
The Nyasaland Pharmacies Type I (B Series) FB
Postmarks 1951 – Nyasaland Diamond Jubilee Exhibition The Nyasaland Postal Department provided facilities at the 1951 Nyasaland Diamond Jubilee Exhibition for sending commemorative covers stamped with Diamond Jubilee stamps. The covers were stamped with the original ‘Chiromo’ barred-circle obliterator (the first obliterator used in Nyasaland). The mail was then dispatched to the Blantyre Post Office…