Rhodesia

Rhodesia is a country in southern Africa east of Mozambique.

N .B.
 * High values throughout have had pen or fiscal cancels removed and/or fake cancels added.
 * Forgeries of the arms values are common enough, particularly of the high values. Originals have shading lines that are densely spaced and finely executed, while forgeries are drawn with thin lines and widely spaced shading lines.
 * British South Africa Company stamps are commonly found CTO.
 * Much is made of colors and shades of the Double Heads and Admirals. However, specialists consider that neither Scott nor Gibbons to be accurate in describing colors/shades. Further, used stamp colors are considered unreliable since so many colors used are fugitive or can be faded to varying degress. Proofs and color trials from the Waterlow archives are also not considered good color references due to potential water damage.

British South Africa Company
 File:Rho 1892 2d.webp|1892 2d value File:Rho 1892 10sh.webp|1892 10/- value (single color) File:Rho 1892 2 pound fiscal.webp|1892 £2 fiscally used. Despite the heavy oxidation, compare with the forgery at right. File:Rho forged 1892 10pound.webp|forged £10 value with forged cancel and perfin File:Rho 1896 4d .webp|1896 4d arms (die I) File:Rho 1896 BSAC ovpt.webp|1896 1d provisional 
 * In 1892-93, single-color designs with a company coat of arms were issued, inscribed BRITISH / SOUTH AFRICA COMPANY.
 * In 1892, surcharges were issued. These have been forged on forged stamps.
 * In 1892-94, bicolor arms designs were issued similarly inscribed.
 * In 1896-97, new large bicolor designs were issued, now with "BRITISH SOUTH AFRICA COMPANY" in a ring around the vignette. The scrolls pass behind the legs of both antelope supporters. There are two dies, one with a small dot to the right of the tail of the right-hand supporter.
 * In 1896, three surcharges were issued during the Matabeleland Rebellion.
 * Also in 1896, Cape of Good Hope stamps were provisionally overprinted BRITISH / SOUTH AFRICA / COMPANY. Forgeries have narrow "A"s and a rectangular stop/period.

 File:Rho 1897 half.webp|1897 ½d bicolor arms File:Rho 1898 3d arms.webp|1898 3d value File:Rho 1898 1sh arms.webp|1898 1/- value File:Rho 1909 ovptd half.webp|1909 ½d "Rhodesia." overprint File:Rho 1909 7.5d on 2sh6.webp|1909 "Rhodesia." 7½d on 2/6. CTO. File:Rho 1910 3d double hd.webp|c.1910 3d Double Head File:Rho 1d adm.webp|c.1913 1d Admiral File:Rho 1917 2d die IIIA.webp|c.1917 2d Admiral (die IIIA) 
 * In 1897, a revised bicolor arms design was issued, with scrolls curled between the legs of each antelope supporter. There are a variety of perfs.
 * In 1898-1908, single-color arms designs were issued in a variety of perfs.
 * In 1905, a Victoria Falls series was released.
 * In 1909-12, previous arms stamps were overprinted Rhodesia..
 * This included four values similarly surcharged Rhodesia. in different styles with new values.
 * In 1910-13, a design of Queen Mary and King George V was issued, known as the Double Head. These were in perf 14, with fewer values perf 15 and a smaller number either perf 14x15 or 13½.
 * In 1913-19, the appropriately named Admiral series was issued. This first version was printed from single plates, in perf 14, 15, [[Compound perfs|compound and 13½ (1d only).
 * these were then issued printed from two plates/two colors, perf 14 and 15. Collectors separate printings from four different plates; details can be found in the Stanley Gibbons Commonwealth Catalogue. Specialists also collect these by shade.
 * In 1922-24, Admirals were again printed from single or double plates, now on white paper with white gum.
 * In October 1923, Southern Rhodesia became a self-governing colony. '''Northern Rhodesia followed in April 1924.

In October 1964, Southern Rhodesia was renamed Rhodesia 
 * The first issue under that name was the ITU omnibus set of 1965. A Conservation Week set and a Churchill commemorative were issued.
 * Also in 1965, a posthorn postage due design was issued, rouletted or with hyphen-hole perf (1d).



Independent state
In November 1965, declared independence. This was de facto, not recognized by most existing countries.  File:Rhodesia 6d flower.jpg|1966 6d flame lily definitive File:Rho 1975 4c Aloe.webp|4c value from the 1975 aloe set File:Rhodesia 24c bird.jpg|1977 24c hoopoe 
 * A 2/6 independence stamp was issued in December 1965, still showing a portrait of Elizabeth II.
 * In 1966, Southern Rhodesia definitives plus the Churchill commemorative were overprinted or surcharged INDEPENDECE / 11th November 1965.
 * New pictorial definitives inscribed RHODESIA were issued shortly afterwards, using the designs on Southern Rhodesia stamps.
 * In 1967-68, five definitive designs were issued in dual currency.
 * In 1970-73, new pictorial definitives were issued in the new currency of dollars and cents.
 * Rhodesia became Zimbabwe in April 1980.

Postage due

 * In 1966, a Zimbabwe bird carving design was issued.
 * In 1970-73, the previous design was issued in decimal currency.



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