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Last updated: 7th February, 2023
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c1903-05, Beira & Mashonaland and Railways, carmine, '1d' in rectangular tablet. Perf. 11. (Each with copy of the original advertisement of the Beira Railway Company.)
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| AR164 |
c1903-05 Beira & Mashonaland Railways 1d carmine with ‘1d’ in rectangular tablet. Perf. 11. An upper marginal example with adherence on much of gum, otherwise fine mint.
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£75 |
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| RU1516 |
c1903-5 Beira & Mashonaland Railways 1d carmine with ‘1d’ in rectangular tablet. Perf. 11. Fine used with light oval cancellation struck in violet. Scarce. |
£125 |
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| AR165 |
c1903-5 Beira & Mashonaland Railways 1d carmine with ‘1d’ in rectangular tablet. Perf. 11. Fine used with light oval cancellation struck in violet. Scarce. |
£140 |
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c1906 ?, Beira & Mashonaland & Rhodesia Railways, red, '1d' in circular tablet. Perf. 10. This type is not recorded and its status unknown.
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c1906-1927, Beira and Mashonaland Railways, orange-red, '1d' in circular tablet. Perf. 13½.
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c1927-1942, Rhodesia Railways Limited, type I deep orange red, '1d' in circular tablet. Perf. 12.
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c1942-1947, Rhodesia Railways Limited, type II orange, '1d' in circular tablet. Perf. 12½
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| RU2494 |
As above, but horizontal strip of three |
£75 |
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The following three items all have the date error '29' for '19' as the year, corrected later
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| RA1626 |
Single used on piece in conjunction with Mocambique 5c (?) definitive, that cancelled with Beira cds dated 28 OUT 1942, the newspaper stamp cancelled 'R. Rly Ltd / 20 OCT 2942 / BEIRA PARCELS'. |
£75 |
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1947 1st April, the following items are the additional eight values prepared for issue, but apparently not released. Their exact status is not known, but most probably for bulk postings. No examples have been recorded in used condition. The values are: 2d in black, 3d in violet, 4d in green, 5d in light brown, 6d in purple, 9d in grey, 1/- in brown and 1/6 in blue. Also included with these eight values is the 1d in orange, and although essentially the same as the previous issued stamp, (slightly deeper shade), it was together with the new values when they first came to light. The 1d is sheet no. 'B 19465', all the new values being sheet no. '1'. These sheets were presented to the Chief Accountant of the Railways, Mr. L. A. W. Hawkins. Other than these sheets, the only other known examples are the top two rows with sheet no. '2', and two further sets in singles. All are gummed and very fine.
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These are offered as item RA1628 in the unique full sheets of 12. Should orders dictate, they will be split as items RA1629-RA1633
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| RA1629 |
The top right corner blocks of four, the 1d with sheet no. 'B 19465', all others sheet no. '1'. |
£1,200 |
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1957-1963 1d rectangular format, orange, perf. 12½, printed by Rhodesia Printers, Bulawayo then Mardon Printers, Salisbury. Sheets of 48 (12 x 4).
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| RA1635 |
Pull' from the original plate, single impression in black on thick white paper |
£45 |
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1961 23rd March, first 'ONE CENT' overprint, for the sole use at the Mafeking Station due to the change to decimal currency. Sheets of 48 (12 x 4). A total of 501 sheets in one printing, giving 24 048 stamps.
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Should orders dictate, this sheet will be split into the following:
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1965 15th April, second 'ONE CENT' overprint, printed in sheets of 50. Due to the change from sterling to decimal, the previous format of 48 stamps proved ineffective from an accounting point, so the sheet format was changed to 50 for decimal use. The printers accomplished this by adding an additional 1st vertical column and then removing the lower two rows. This 1st vertical column is noticeable as it is heavier and deeper in impression, and each stamp is slightly out of alignment to the stamp in vertical row 2. In addition, the first printing (of 48) shows two constant flaws, being an orange dot left of the 'R' of 'RAILWAYS' on both stamps 1 / 2 and 1 / 4. With the addition of a new 1st vertical column, this now moves to stamps 1 / 3 and 2 / 5 on the second printing. 500 sheets printed, giving 25 000 stamps. For use in Mafeking.
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| RA1641 |
Proving' horizontal strip of five with margin at right. |
£15 |
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| RA1642 |
as above, but lower strip of five imperf. at base |
£18 |
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| RA1644 |
as above, but strip row 2, with flaw on stamp 2 / 5 |
£30 |
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| RA1645 |
The complete sheet of 50, sheet 'No 781', this then handstamped below '291' and altered in manuscript '220' (although printed in one batch, sheets were released in groups and additionally numbered then, this sheet possibly another release). Sheet with all characteristics as detailed above. |
£150 |
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| RA1647 |
The top two rows (ten stamps), sheet 'No. 783', this then altered to '218' in manuscript. With both flaws on stamps 1 / 3 and 2 / 5. |
£65 |
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| RA1648 |
The top two rows (ten stamps), sheet 'No. 784', this then handstamped below '217'. With both flaws on stamps 1 / 3 and 2 / 5. |
£65 |
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| RA1649 |
The top two rows (ten stamps), sheet 'No. 908', this then handstamped below '93', then deleted and altered to '199' in manuscript. With both flaws on stamps 1 / 3 and 2 / 5. |
£65 |
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| RA1650 |
The top two rows (ten stamps), sheet 'No. 909', this then handstamped below '92', then altered to '198' in manuscript. With both flaws on stamps 1 / 3 and 2 / 5. |
£65 |
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1966 7th March. third 'ONE CENT' overprint. For this printing the production was the same as for the second, but for some unknown reason instead of placing the additional extra row at the left (or 1st vertical column), it was placed at the right (5th vertical column). The dot flaws now are stamps 1 / 2 and 2 / 4, and the 5th vertical row stamps are now lighter in impression and also out of alignment to those of the 4th vertical row. A further defining feature is the introduction of a six-spoked star after the sheet number.
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| RA1651 |
Proof sheet. Without sheet number. Imperf. margins at top and base, margins at left and right. Unique. |
£250 |
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| RA1652 |
Proving horizontal, light and darker impressions, right stamp out of alignment. |
£12 |
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| RA1653 |
Proving horizontal strip of five, with left margin but right margin removed (first release), showing light and dark impressions and right stamp out of alignment. |
£20 |
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| RA1656 |
Three horizontal rows, characteristics as above. In addition with light pre-printing paper creases affecting 11 of the 15 stamps. |
£70 |
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c1970 provisional One cent trials and overprints. With the impending introduction of decimalisation in Rhodesia, and to use up existing stocks, temporary measures were taken.
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1970 13th February, Manuscript endorsement. A few sheets from the original printing (48 stamp format) were used, these being sheet numbers 591, 595, and 597 and possibly 598. Several others around these numbers may have been used or are not accounted for. The method adopted was to delete in blue ink the 'd' of '1d' and insert 'CENT' in manuscript. These are very scarce.
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| RA1661 |
Block of four, marginal |
£100 |
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1970 26th June, Overprint. A rubber handstamp double ring in violet '1c' was applied to the remaining sheets numbered 599 to 800. These were likewise the original printing (48 stamps), and used through to December that year. A total of 9 696 stamps being issued.
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| RA1666 |
Proving (1st printing) horizontal strip of four with margins at left and right |
£25 |
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1971, Decimal printings. The printers decided to change the process to offset lithography from letterpress. A baryta pull of five impressions in horizontal format was taken and pasted into the required format of ten rows of five. A simple but effective method was used from the '1d' impressions for this changeover, whereby the downstroke of the 'd' of '1d' was carefully deleted in orange ink, leaving a 'c' for '1c'.
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Should orders dictate, this sheet will be split into the following:
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| RA1672 |
Lower two rows with 'SPECIMEN' (inverted to stamps) in margin. |
£70 |
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| RA8763 |
1971 Rhodesia Railways 1c Newspaper stamp. Complete sheet of 50, folded horizontally superb unmounted. Uncommon. |
£100 |
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| RA1676 |
Single |
£2 |
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| RA1677 |
Marginal block of four |
£8 |
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| RA1679 |
1973 7th May, second printing in distinct deeper shade, sheet numbers 3001 – 5000. Single |
£2 |
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| RA1680 |
Marginal block of four |
£8 |
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| RA1682 |
1976 9th June, rate increase to 2c. First printing, sheet numbers 5001 – 7000. Single |
£3 |
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| RA1683 |
Marginal block of four |
£12 |
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| RA1685 |
Top two rows, with sheet no. '6935' above stamp 5 in top row, proving first printing. |
£35 |
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Note: Other than the sheet number position, there are no discernable differences between these two printings.
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ZIMBABWE. The change of name to Zimbabwe brought a new design and an increase to 3c. No examples of this value are included in this group. A number of handstamps applied over the 3c were issued, increasing in value and starting around 1986, however only the 4c on 3c and 10c on 3c values are represented here.
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c1986, violet boxed 'N. R. Z. / 4c' handstamp on 3c
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| RA1687 |
Single |
£5 |
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| RA1688 |
as above, marginal block of four |
£20 |
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1991 1st January, black boxed 'N. R. Z. / 10c' handstamp on 3c
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| RA1691 |
Single |
£4 |
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| RA1692 |
as above, marginal block of four |
£16 |
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1992 January, new 12c value, as per the design of the 3c. Roulette.
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| RA1700 |
Second printing?, shade pale orange as to previous deep orange, single |
£4 |
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| RA1701 |
Marginal block of four, pale orange |
£16 |
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Note: Bearing in mind the close sheet numbers from the above two ranges, it would seem unlikely that they do represent different printings, even though there is a considerable difference in shade.
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c1993 ?, original 3c value, firstly with green boxed 'N. R. Z. / 15c' handstamp then with second black boxed 'N. R. Z. / 10c' handstamp over that. Why this rate reduction occurred is not known.
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| RA1703 |
Single |
£5 |
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| RA1704 |
Marginal block of four |
£20 |
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c1993 ?, new 12c value, with violet boxed 'N. R. Z. / 15c' handstamp, roulette
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| RA1707 |
Single |
£4 |
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| RA1708 |
Marginal block of four |
£16 |
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| RA1709 |
Second printing?, shade pale orange at to previous deep orange, single |
£4 |
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| RA1710 |
Second printing?, shade pale orange at to previous deep orange, block of four |
£16 |
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