SOUTHERN RHODESIA 1949 KGVI UPU MINT BLOCKS SET SC 68-69. SG 71-72 MNH BRADBURY

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SOUTHERN RHODESIA
SOUTHERN RHODESIA 1949 KGVI UPU MINT BLOCKS SET SC 68-69. SG 71-72 MNH BRADBURY
UPU BLOCK STAMPS
UNIVERSAL POSTAL UNION (UPU) 75TH ANNIVERSARY
UPU COMPLETE SET
MINT NEVER HINGED (MNH)
DENOMINATION: BRITISH CURRENCY
Era: GEORGE VI (1936 - 1952)
SCOTT #68-69
SG #71-72
Southern Rhodesia
[2]
[3]
was a landlocked
self-governing
British
Crown colony
in southern Africa, established in 1923 and consisting of
British South Africa Company
(BSAC) territories lying south of the Zambezi River. The region was informally known as south Zambesia until annexed by Britain at the behest of
Cecil Rhodes
's British South Africa Company, for whom the colony was named. The bounding territories were Bechuanaland (
Botswana
), Northern Rhodesia (
Zambia
), Moçambique (
Mozambique
), Transvaal Republic (including today's
Limpopo
, province of
South Africa
).
This southern region, known for its extensive gold reserves, was first purchased by the BSAC's
Pioneer Column
on the strength of a Mineral Concession extracted from its Matabele overlord,
Lobengula
, and various majority Mashona vassal chiefs in 1890. Though parts of the territory were laid claim to by the Bechuana and Portugal; its first people, the Bushmen or 'Khoisan' had possessed it from the very beginning of prehistory and had continued to inhabit some parts.
[4]
Following the colony's unilateral dissolution in 1970 by the Republic of Rhodesia government, The Colony of Southern Rhodesia was re-established in 1979 as the predecessor state to the Republic of
Zimbabwe Rhodesia
which in turn was the
predecessor state
of The Republic of
Zimbabwe
. Its only true geographical borders are the Zambezi and Limpopo Rivers, its other boundaries being more or less arbitrary and merging imperceptibly with the peoples and domains of earlier chiefdoms from pre-colonial times.
The British colony was established
de jure
in 1923, having earlier been occupied, constructed and administered by the British South Africa Company and its sub-concessionaires who were mostly British subjects. In 1953, it was merged into the
Federation of Rhodesia and Nyasaland
, which lasted until 1963. Southern Rhodesia was renamed
Rhodesia
and remained a
de jure
British colony until 1980. However, the Rhodesian government issued a
Unilateral Declaration of Independence
(UDI) in 1965 and established a fully independent
Rhodesia
, which immediately became an
unrecognised state
. In 1979, it reconstituted itself under majority rule as
Zimbabwe Rhodesia
, which also failed to win it international recognition. After a period of interim British control following the
Lancaster House Agreement
in December 1979, the country achieved internationally recognised independence as Zimbabwe in April 1980.
Old Collection
SOUTHERN RHODESIA
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