Postmarks: 1957 Royal Tour
Postmarks
1957 Royal Tour
A single special postmark was used for the tour in conjunction with a date-stamp from the town of posting. It is understood that this date-stamp was only used in the town she was visiting that day.
However, some date-stamps of cities also appear on cover on dates where the Queen Mother was not visiting at the time. Including:
- Salisbury – 13/07/1957
- Bulawayo – 02/07/1957, 10/07/1957, 12/07/1957, 17/07/1957
This leads to the suspicion that the Royal Visit cachet was used in the cities visited throughout the period of her visit, and in the case of Bulawayo after she had left the country.
| Location | Date | Date-Stamp |
|---|---|---|
| Salisbury | 02/07/1957 | Salisbury 9 S.R. |
| Salisbury | 05/07/1957 | Salisbury 9 S.R. |
| Lusaka | 08/07/1957 | |
| Broken Hill | 08/07/1957 | |
| Ndola | 08/07/1957 | |
| Luanshya | 09/07/1957 | |
| Kitwe | 10/07/1957 | |
| Lusaka | 11/07/1957 | |
| Zomba | 12/07/1957 | Zomba Nyasaland |
| Limbe | 12/07/1957 | |
| Blantyre | 12/07/1957 | |
| Salisbury | 15/07/1957 | Salisbury 9 S.R. |