RHODESIA AND NYASALAND

RHODESIA AND NYASALAND British colonial federation (now Zimbabwe, Zambia and Malawi).

Victoria Falls, Eastern Cataract (now in Zambia) and portrait of Queen Elizabeth II.
Seventh stamp in a set of 15, issued on 12.08.1959.
Face value: 6 pence.
Printing: Recess.
Pinted by De La Rue & Co., Ltd, London.
Size: 27 x 31 mm.

Catalogues
- Michel No. 25.
- Scott No. 164.
- StampWorld No. 25.
- Stanley Gibbons No. 24.
- Yvert et Tellier No. 25.

The Federation of Rhodesia and Nyasaland (also known as the Central African Federation), established on 1 August 1953, was a colonial federation that consisted of three southern African territories: the self-governing British colony of Southern Rhodesia (now Zimbabwe) and the British protectorates of Northern Rhodesia (now Zambia) and Nyasaland (now Malawi), between 1953 and 1963. The capital city of the Federation was Salisbury (now Harare, Zimbabwe).

Victoria Falls (in Sotho language, Mosi-oa-Tunya, "The Smoke That Thunders"; in Tonga language, Shungu Namutitima, "Boiling Water") is a waterfall on the Zambezi River located on the border between Zambia and Zimbabwe, and is one of the world's largest waterfalls due to its width of 1,708 m (5,604 ft). The Scottish missionary and explorer David Livingstone is believed to have been the first European to view the Victoria Falls on November 16, 1855, from what is now known as Livingstone Island, one of two land masses in the middle of the river, immediately upstream from the falls near the Zambian shore. Livingstone named his sighting in honour of Queen Victoria. The 101 m (331 ft) tall the Eastern Cataract is located in the territory of Zambia. Victoria Falls were declared a World Heritage Site by UNESCO in 1989, protecting an area of 8,780 ha. Since 2010 they are integrated into the Kavango-Zambezi Transfrontier Conservation Area.