01/05/2022

UNITED KINGDOM


UNITED KINGDOM.

British Explorers.
Henry Stanley (1841-1904) and stylized map of Africa.
Second stamp in a set of 5, issued on 18.04.1973.
Face value: 3 pence.
Design: Marjorie Saynor (1924-2012).
Printed by Harrison & Sons Ltd.
Printing: Photogravure.
Print: 28,131,400 copies.
Size: 30 x 41 mm.

Catalogs
- AFA No. 647.
- Michel No. 617.
- Scott No. 690.
- StampWorld No. 598.
- Stanley Gibbons No. 924.
- Unificato No. 680.
- Yvert et Tellier No. 680.

Henry Morton Stanley (born John Rowlands; 28 January 1841 – 10 May 1904) was a Welsh explorer, journalist, soldier, colonial administrator, author and politician who was famous for his exploration of Central Africa and his search for missionary and explorer David Livingstone. Besides his discovery of Livingstone, he is mainly known for his search for the sources of the Nile and Congo rivers, the work he undertook as an agent of King Leopold II of the Belgians which enabled the occupation of the Congo Basin region. He is recognized for his important contributions to Western knowledge of the geography of Central Africa and for his resolute opposition to the slave trade in East Africa.

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