Stamp: Reuters Telegraph Service (Bulawayo - Mangwe + Fig Tree) (Rhodesia 1894)
Reuters Telegraph Service (Bulawayo - Mangwe + Fig Tree) (Rhodesia 1894)
28 March (Rhodesia ) within release Reuters Telegraph Service - Matabeleland goes into circulation Stamp Reuters Telegraph Service (Bulawayo - Mangwe + Fig Tree) face value 2'6 British shilling
| Stamp Reuters Telegraph Service (Bulawayo - Mangwe + Fig Tree) in catalogues | |
|---|---|
| Stanley Gibbons: | Sg: RH T1 |
Stamp is square format.
Printed in sheets of 18 (6 se-tenant strips containing all three values). The stamps were cyclostyled copies of an original hand-drawing by C. L. Norris-Newman, so each stamp in the sheet is different.Also in the issue Reuters Telegraph Service - Matabeleland:
- Se-tenant - Reuters Telegraph Service - se-tenant strip face value 17'6;
- Stamp - Reuters Telegraph Service (Bulawayo - Mangwe + Fig Tree) face value 2'6;
- Stamp - Reuters Telegraph Service (Bulawayo - Mangwe) face value 5;
- Stamp - Reuters Telegraph Service (Bulawayo - Ramaquabane) face value 10;
Stamp Reuters Telegraph Service (Bulawayo - Mangwe + Fig Tree) it reflects the thematic directions:
Telegraphy is the long-distance transmission of messages where the sender uses symbolic codes, known to the recipient, rather than a physical exchange of an object bearing the message. Thus flag semaphore is a method of telegraphy, whereas pigeon post is not. Ancient signalling systems, although sometimes quite extensive and sophisticated as in China, were generally not capable of transmitting arbitrary text messages. Possible messages were fixed and predetermined, so such systems are thus not true telegraphs.
