File:1966 Rhodesian 3d stamp.jpg

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Stamp of Rhodesia; 1966; definitive stamp of the issue "Local scenes + Queen Elizabeth II of the United Kingdom"; stamp drawing with a Kudu ("Tragelaphus strepsiceros") and a portrait of Queen Elizabeth II of the United Kingdom with view to left, wearing a crown, in oval; stamp postmarked in 1966
Stamp: Michel: No. 26; Yvert et Tellier: No. 132; Scott: No. 225
Color: light blue / dark red brown
Watermark: none
Nominal value: 3 d. (Penny)
Postage validity: from 9 February 1966 until ?

Stamp picture size (printed area): 23.5 x 19.5 mm
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Author Royal Mail for Rhodesia
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  2. It was published prior to 1974; or
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Other versions
- stamp in the same drawing and colors, but offset printing and perforation K 14¾, country name "RHODESIA" (= Michel No. 48 from 1968)
- stamp in the same drawing and colors, but recess printing and perforation K 14 : 14½, country name "SOUTHERN RHODESIA" (Michel No. 97 from 1964)
- stamp in the same drawing and colors, but recess printing and perforation K 14½, and two lines, black overprint "INDEPENDENCE / 11th November 1965", country name "SOUTHERN RHODESIA" (Michel Rhodesia No. 12 from 1966)
- stamp in the same drawing and colors, but offset printing and perforation K 14¾, and overprint of a new value "2 ½ C" on 3 d., country name "RHODESIA" (Michel No. 57 from 1967)
Picture description Drawing with a Kudu ("Tragelaphus strepsiceros") and a portrait of Queen Elizabeth II of the United Kingdom with view to left, wearing a crown, in oval
First day of issue
Publisher Royal Mail for Rhodesia
Design Unknown authorUnknown author
Printer "Mardon Printers (Pvt) Limited", Salisbury (probably..., production as stamp printery commenced in December 1965...)
Printing technique Recess printing
Circulation ?
Perforation Comb perforation, K 14½
MICHEL Nr. Rhodesien, Nr. 26
SCOTT Nr. Rhodesia, No. 225

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