RHODESIA

RHODESIA (now Zimbabwe).

Development.
Kariba Dam.
Nineth stamp in a set of 14, issued on 17.02.1970.
Face value: 15 cents of Rhodesian dollar.
Design: Rose Martin.
Printed by Mardon Printers, Salisbury.
Printing: Offset lithography.
Size: 30 x 27 mm.

Catalogs
- Michel No. 96.
- Scott No. 288.
- StampWorld No. 96.
- Stanley Gibbons No. 447.
- Yvert et Tellier No. 190.

The Kariba Dam is a double-curved concrete arch dam in the Kariba Gorge of the Zambezi River Basin between Zambia and Zimbabwe. The project was planned and implemented by the Government of the Federation of Rhodesia and Nyasaland. The dam is 128 m (420 ft) high and 579 m (1,900 ft) long, and it forms Lake Kariba, which stretches for 280 km (170 miles) and contains 185 km³ (150,000,000 acre⋅ft) of water. The first phase of the dam (Kariba South) was built between 1955 and 1959. Final construction and the addition of Kariba North Power were not completed until 1977 due to mainly political problems. The creation of the reservoir forced the resettlement of some 57,000 people who lived along the Zambezi on both sides. From 1958 to 1961, Operation Noah captured and removed around 6,000 large and numerous small animals threatened by the rising waters of the lake.

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Thanks to Óscar Valencia for his contribution.

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.

RHODESIA AND NYASALAND

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

Lake Nyasa and portrait of Queen Elizabeth II.
Tenth stamp in a set of 15, issued on 12.08.1959.
Face value: 1'3 shilling.
Printing: Recess.
Printed by Bradbury Wilkinson & Co., Ltd, London.
Size: 31 x 27 mm.

Catalogues
- Michel No. 28.
- Scott No. 166.
- StampWorld No. 28.
- Stanley Gibbons No. 26.
- Yvert et Tellier No. 27.

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).