RHODESIA UNILATERAL DECLARATION OF INDEPENDENCE
FEATURED ITEM
FEATURED ITEM
1966 Arms £100 blue and orange. Upper right corner block of four showing frame plate '1' in margin, superb unmounted. Scarce. Mewett 450
c1967 Arms 6d black and orange perf 14½. Very fine used cancelled with parts of two circular cachets of an Insurance Society struck in violet and pen cancel. RARE. Mewett 452
£450
£375
Last update: 27th November, 2024
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REVENUES
R65 1966 Arms £100 blue and orange. Superb unmounted. Mewett 450 £80
RU1309 1966 Arms £100 blue and orange. Block of four, very fine unmounted. Mewett 450 £320
RU1310 1966 Arms £100 blue and orange. Upper right corner block of four showing frame plate '1' in margin, superb unmounted. Scarce. Mewett 450 £450
RA4760 1965 Arms £100 blue and orange. Superb used cancelled in ink ‘1 / 1 / 69’. Mewett 450 £100
RU2225 1965 Arms £100 blue and orange. Horizontal pair very fine used cancelled light oval '10 FEB 1965(?)' datestamp. Mewett 450 £200
RA5616 1965 Arms £100 blue and orange. Block of four very fine used cancelled part violet boxed strike dated ‘3 MAY 1968’. Very scarce. Mewett 450 £400
RA1304 1965-6 Arms 10/-, £1, £2 (Mardon) and £100 blue and orange (Bradbury Wilkinson), each superb unmounted. Mewett 450, 454-6 £120
RU1491 1966 Arms £1. Superb unmounted. Mewett 455 £8
RU2044 1966 Arms £2 right. Superb unmounted. Mewett 456 £20
RA8451 1966 Arms £2 upper marginal block of 12 being the upper two rows of the sheet, showing running sheet no. '048' and traffic light indications in margin. Superb unmounted. Mewett 456 £120
RA4761 c1967 Arms 6d black and orange perf 14½. Very fine used cancelled with parts of two circular cachets of an Insurance Society struck in violet and pen cancel. RARE. Mewett 452 £375
RU2040 c1967 Arms 6d black and orange perf 14½. Very fine used pen cancel. RARE. Mewett 452 £375
RU2478 1969 10th September, printed single page Power of Attorney to Pass Transfer, applied at base with Arms 2/- and 6d black and orange revenues (Mewett 452). Cancelled with violet rectangular 'COLLECTOR OF TAXES / 10 SEP 1969' cachet. A RARE usage with few known used on document. £425
RU2045 1970 decimal Arms $20, perf. 12½. Fine used Mewett 470 A £8
RU1320 1970 decimal Arms $4 block of four and $20 block of six, perf 12½. Used on piece pen cancelled and puncture affecting one of each at base. Mewett 467 A, 470 A £25
RA5015 1970 decimal Arms $20 perf 12½. Block of four fine used cancelled with violet boxed strike. Mewett 470 A £20
RA3254 1970 decimal Arms $20 perf 12½. Eight copies on piece rubber stamp cancels. Attractive. Mewett 470 A £40
RU1322 Large portion of a Brokers note, the reverse bearing 25c, $1, $2, $10 x 12 and block of 15 $20 values ($423.25 in duty) all cancelled with company rubber stamps. Most attractive and uncommon. £75
RU1887 'Personal Tax Act, 1961 / Record of Employees' form applied completed with 31 x 3/4 bright emerald and single 10/- ultramarine Personal tax stamps (Mewett 341A, 342B), each with manuscript date and initials. Finally struck at top and lower right with violet boxed 'COLLECTOR OF TAXES / 24 AUG 1967' cachets. Unusual. £60
AR429 1960s Standard Bank ‘SPECIMEN’ cheque for Manica Road West Branch, Salisbury. Printed by Mardons in red and pink on a faintly lined mauve background. With small ‘RHODESIA 3d DUTY PAID’ oval impressed at upper right. Very fine. Unusual. £65
RU38 1978 25th January, single page printed 'Fire-arm Certificate', applied with $1 revenue cancelled violet boxed 'OFFICE OF THE DISTRICT COMMISSIONER'. Issued for a pistol, and noted that the total amount of ammunition to be purchased in any one year as '100'. Most unusual and a rare survivor. £30
NEWSPAPER AND RAILWAY STAMPS
RU2631 RHODESIA RAILWAYS parcel stamps. First stage on gummed paper, imperforate and without value or station code. Four lower marginal examples in emerald, light blue, yellow and orange. Superb unmounted. Uncommon group. £40
RU2632 RHODESIA RAILWAYS parcel stamps. Second stage on gummed paper, perf. 12½ and without value or station code. Two blocks of four in grey and red. Superb unmounted. £40
RU2633 RHODESIA RAILWAYS parcel stamps. Third stage on gummed paper, perf. 12½ and without station code. Eight lower left corner blocks of four 1c, 2c, 3c, 4c, 5c, 10c, 20c and 50c. Superb unmounted. £80
R54 RHODESIA RAILWAYS 10c and 20c parcel stamps. Overprinted 'FT' - Francistown, the errors of colour in light blue and magenta. Very fine unmounted. £20
RU1497 1968 30th September, part Rhodesia Railways Waybill, applied with 2d and 2/- parcel stamps overprinted 'DT' (Dett). Cancelled violet oval 'RHODESIA RAILWAYS / DETT'. £15
POSTMARKS
RU2023 Group of seven plain covers each bearing Harrison 6d, and cancelled with more unusual offices, GOLDEN VALLEY, GAWA-KARIBA, GADZEMA, CHEREDZI, CHATSWORTH, BEIT BRIDGE and LALAPANZI. £30
RA831 UZUMBA dc, two large part strikes dated 6 OCT 77 on strip of three 4c definitives (SG 492 white paper). RARE. £20
LABELS
RU2314 c1966 registered stationery envelope, regular size. Very fine unused. Remarkably scarce. £20
RU2315 c1966 registered stationery envelope, larger size. Very fine unused. Remarkably scarce. £20
R74 c1965 bilingual 'THANK YOU SOUTH AFRICA / PETROL' label. Rouletted and gummed. Single, very fine unused. £3
R77 1966 'CENTRAL AFRICAN TRADE FAIR' publicity label, inscribed 'GOOD LUCK RHODESIA'. Rouletted and gummed. Very fine unused. £4
RU2145 1966 31st January, manilla envelope applied with franking label 'RHODESIA / 5/-', and in addition with 'GOOD LUCK RHODESIA' label upper left. Addressed to England. Folded at centre. Unusual. £12
RU2144 1967 10th January, large piece cut from a manilla envelope, applied with franking label 'RHODESIA 1/- 20/-', and in addition 1967 Central African International Trade Fair label below. Somewhat creased although an unusual high value usage. £15
RU2312 1969 120th 10/- Rhodesia State Lotteries ticket. Very fine. £18
RU2226 1971 June-October. Printed Monthly Petrol Rationing card, issued to one C. F. Kileff for a total of 24 units per month. Perforated sections for each month, presumably a number redeemed and only the months June 1971 to October remaining. Most unusual. £30
RU2669 c1974, group of unused Post Office stationery. 'TELEGRAM' form, 'CERTIFICATE OF POSTING' slip, 'C.O.D. PARCEL' label, 'INTERNATIONAL C.O.D. MONEY ORDER R4' form, 'CERTIFICATE OF POSTING A REGISTERED ARTICLE' slip and 'PARCEL POST' label. All unused, the telegram form some edge faults. An unusual group (6 items). £20
R81 1978 'RAPT' Christmas stamps, complete sheet of 50 (two panes of 25) showing the theme 'Reptiles'. Very fine unused. £16
RU2322 Postal Order 1983 (5th February), $1.50 orange (+ 8c commission) issued at CHINHOYI (5 Feb). Apparently uncashed. Very fine. Uncommon. £20
CURRENCY NOTES
RU2217 RESERVE BANK OF RHODESIA currency note: $1 blue showing Rhodes head watermark. Uncirculated. £20
RU2216 RESERVE BANK OF RHODESIA currency note: $2 scarlet showing Rhodes head watermark. Uncirculated. £30
RU1456 RESERVE BANK OF RHODESIA currency note: $5 brown showing Rhodes head watermark. Uncirculated. £45
RU2220 RESERVE BANK OF RHODESIA currency note: $5 brown showing Rhodes head watermark. ERROR OF NUMBERING, '509896' at upper left but '509996' at lower right. Uncirculated. RARE. £200
RU1884 RESERVE BANK OF RHODESIA currency note: $10 slate showing Rhodes head watermark. Lightly circulated. £45
RU2221 RESERVE BANK OF RHODESIA currency note: $10 slate showing Rhodes head watermark. Lightly circulated. £45
RU222 RESERVE BANK OF RHODESIA currency note: $10 slate showing Rhodes head watermark. PMG graded at 66, uncirculated. £125
RU1457 RESERVE BANK OF RHODESIA currency notes: $1 blue and $2 red, with Zimbabwe Bird watermark. Uncirculated £30
RU2215 RESERVE BANK OF RHODESIA currency note: $10 slate showing Zimbabwe bird watermark. Uncirculated. £65
ZIMBABWE-RHODESIA
R73 c1980 small size Registered Envelope, very fine unused.

Note: this is the only item of philatelic nature issued by the Post Office during the interim period from Rhodesia to Zimbabwe.
£10
AR224 c1979-1980, Post and Telecommunications Corporation / Zimbabwe Rhodesia REQUISITION FOR A MONEY ORDER (105x148mm) printed in blue on buff. Folded once horizontally, otherwise very fine unused. A scarce survivor from the short-lived ‘Zimbabwe Rhodesia’ period which lasted less than a year. £30
RA2151 1980 May, 'ONE UNIT' petrol coupon, in green on white. Unused. £2
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