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Name |
Issued
stamps |
Bird
stamps |
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1891–1907
British Central Africa Protectorate (BCA)
The British Central Africa Protectorate (BCA) was a protectorate proclaimed in 1889 and ratified in 1891 that occupied the same area as present-day Malawi: it was renamed Nyasaland in 1907. → see under British Central Africa |
≈ 70 | |
1892–1917
British South Africa Company (BSAC)
The British South Africa Company (BSAC or BSACo) was established following the amalgamation of Cecil Rhodes’ Central Search Association and the London-based Exploring Company Ltd which had originally competed to exploit the expected mineral wealth of Mashonaland but united because of common economic interests and to secure British government backing. → see under British Central Africa |
≈ 100 | |
1907–1953
Nyasaland [Protectorate]
Nyasaland, or the Nyasaland Protectorate (/ˈnjɑːsɑːˌlænd/ or /naɪˈæsəˌlænd/), was a British protectorate located in Africa, which was established in 1907 when the former British Central Africa Protectorate changed its name. → see under British Central Africa |
≈ 100 | |
1924–1953
Southern Rhodesia
Southern Rhodesia was the name of the self-governing British colony north of the Limpopo River and the Union of South Africa. → see under British Central Africa |
≈ 100 | ≈ 2 |
1925–1953
Northern Rhodesia
Northern Rhodesia was a protectorate in south central Africa, formed in 1911 by the amalgamating the two earlier protectorates of North-Western Rhodesia and North-Eastern Rhodesia. It was initially administered, as were the two earlier protectorates, by the British South Africa Company, (BSAC), a chartered company on behalf of the British government. → see under British Central Africa |
≈ 80 | |
1954–1963
[The Federation of] Rhodesia and Nyasaland
The Federation of Rhodesia and Nyasaland, also known as the Central African Federation (CAF), was a semi-independent federation of three southern African territories – the self-governing British colony of Southern Rhodesia and the British protectorates of Northern Rhodesia and Nyasaland – between 1953 and 1963. → see under British Central Africa |
≈ 60 | |
1965–1978 Rhodesia | ≈ 200 | ≈ 16 |
1980–today Zimbabwe | ≈ 800 | ≈ 88 |
Peter Thy, ed. The Northern Mails and Telegraphs: Bechuanaland and Rhodesia in the Annual Reports of the Postmaster-General, Cape of Good Hope, 1885-1909. Krone Publications, 2001. http://www.bechuanalandphilately.com/The_Northern_Mails_and_Telegraphs.pdf.