{"id":662,"date":"2024-12-14T14:33:15","date_gmt":"2024-12-14T04:33:15","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/gbc.crocoite.com\/?p=662"},"modified":"2024-12-14T14:33:15","modified_gmt":"2024-12-14T04:33:15","slug":"mineral-stamps-from-rhodesia-now-zimbabwe","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/stamps.31pendleton.com\/?p=662","title":{"rendered":"Mineral Stamps from Southern Rhodesia and Rhodesia (now Zimbabwe)"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Both Rhodesia and Southern Rhodesia are now known as Zimbabwe. Here\u2019s a quick overview of the timeline:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Southern Rhodesia (1898-1964): This was the name for the region when it was a British colony.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Rhodesia (1964-1979): The country declared unilateral independence from Britain in 1965, and the name was shortened to Rhodesia.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Zimbabwe Rhodesia (1979): For a brief period in 1979, the country used this name during a transitional government.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Zimbabwe (1980-present): The country gained full independence in 1980 and was officially renamed Zimbabwe.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Southern Rhodesia<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>1964: Queen Elizabeth II Pictorials. A set of 14 stamps, with only one of interest.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Gemstones Represented: Emerald.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"155\" height=\"135\" src=\"https:\/\/stamps.31pendleton.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/Southern-Rhodesia-1964.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-685\"\/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Rhodesia<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>1966: Queen Elizabeth II Pictorials. A set of 14 stamps, with only one of interest.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Gemstones Represented: Emerald.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-gallery has-nested-images columns-4 is-cropped wp-block-gallery-1 is-layout-flex wp-block-gallery-is-layout-flex\">\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"141\" height=\"119\" data-id=\"669\" src=\"https:\/\/stamps.31pendleton.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/Rhodesia-1966.jpg\" alt=\"Emerald\" class=\"wp-image-669\"\/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"223\" height=\"128\" data-id=\"465\" src=\"https:\/\/stamps.31pendleton.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/Screenshot-2024-12-13-154451.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-465\"\/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"223\" height=\"128\" data-id=\"467\" src=\"https:\/\/stamps.31pendleton.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/Dark-Grey.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-467\"\/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"223\" height=\"128\" data-id=\"468\" src=\"https:\/\/stamps.31pendleton.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/Dark-Grey-1.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-468\"\/><\/figure>\n<\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>1978: Precious Stones, Animals and Waterfalls set. A set of 15 stamps: five gemstones, five animals, and five waterfalls.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Gemstones Represented: Morganite, amethyst, garnet, citrine, and topaz.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"678\" height=\"109\" src=\"https:\/\/stamps.31pendleton.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/Rhodesia-1978.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-663\" srcset=\"https:\/\/stamps.31pendleton.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/Rhodesia-1978.png 678w, https:\/\/stamps.31pendleton.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/Rhodesia-1978-300x48.png 300w, https:\/\/stamps.31pendleton.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/Rhodesia-1978-520x84.png 520w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 678px) 100vw, 678px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>Waterfalls Represented: Odzani Falls, Goba Falls, Inyangombi Falls, Bridal Veil Falls, and Victoria Falls.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-gallery has-nested-images columns-default is-cropped wp-block-gallery-2 is-layout-flex wp-block-gallery-is-layout-flex\">\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"165\" height=\"142\" data-id=\"665\" src=\"https:\/\/stamps.31pendleton.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/Rhodesia-Waterfalls-1978-1.jpg\" alt=\"Odzani Falls\" class=\"wp-image-665\"\/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"166\" height=\"142\" data-id=\"664\" src=\"https:\/\/stamps.31pendleton.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/Rhodesia-Waterfalls-1978-2.jpg\" alt=\"Goba Falls\" class=\"wp-image-664\"\/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"167\" height=\"142\" data-id=\"666\" src=\"https:\/\/stamps.31pendleton.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/Rhodesia-Waterfalls-1978-3.jpg\" alt=\"Inyangombi Falls\" class=\"wp-image-666\"\/><\/figure>\n<\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-gallery has-nested-images columns-default is-cropped wp-block-gallery-3 is-layout-flex wp-block-gallery-is-layout-flex\">\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"165\" height=\"142\" data-id=\"668\" src=\"https:\/\/stamps.31pendleton.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/Rhodesia-Waterfalls-1978-4.jpg\" alt=\"Bridal Veil Falls\" class=\"wp-image-668\"\/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"167\" height=\"142\" data-id=\"667\" src=\"https:\/\/stamps.31pendleton.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/Rhodesia-Waterfalls-1978-5.jpg\" alt=\"Victoria Falls\" class=\"wp-image-667\"\/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"223\" height=\"128\" data-id=\"468\" src=\"https:\/\/stamps.31pendleton.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/Dark-Grey-1.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-468\"\/><\/figure>\n<\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Both Rhodesia and Southern Rhodesia are now known as Zimbabwe. Here\u2019s a quick overview of the timeline: Southern Rhodesia 1964:&hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":663,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[113,115,116,119],"class_list":["post-662","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-uncategorised","tag-stamps","tag-stamps-gems","tag-stamps-geology","tag-stamps-waterfalls"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/stamps.31pendleton.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/Rhodesia-1978.png","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/stamps.31pendleton.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/662","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/stamps.31pendleton.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/stamps.31pendleton.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/stamps.31pendleton.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/stamps.31pendleton.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=662"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/stamps.31pendleton.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/662\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/stamps.31pendleton.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/663"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/stamps.31pendleton.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=662"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/stamps.31pendleton.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=662"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/stamps.31pendleton.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=662"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}