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Periodical article | Leiden University catalogue | WorldCat |
Title: | Identity and the nation: the evidence of postage stamps |
Author: | Roberts, R.S. |
Year: | 2006 |
Periodical: | Heritage of Zimbabwe (ISSN 0556-9605) |
Issue: | 25 |
Pages: | 32-41 |
Language: | English |
Notes: | biblio. refs., ills. |
Geographic terms: | Zimbabwe Southern Africa |
Subjects: | postage stamps commemorations Whites national identity 1900-1999 History, Archaeology history |
Abstract: | After money, postage stamps are the most common public medium for displaying the identifying symbols of a State and its people. This paper investigates the designs of stamps issued in Southern Rhodesia and later Zimbabwe to commemorate events and personalities in the White history of this country. The paper covers the period from 1892 onward. Notes, ref. [ASC Leiden abstract] |