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Zambia

Fossils, dinosaurs and other prehistoric animals on stamps of Zambia

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• Country overview
• Philately at Zambia
• Official stamps of Zambia related to Paleontology
• References

Zambia, officially the Republic of Zambia, is a landlocked country in Southern Africa. The capital city is Lusaka, in the south-central part of Zambia. The population is concentrated mainly around Lusaka in the south and the Copperbelt Province to the northwest, the core economic hubs of the country.
Northern Rhodesia was created in 1911 from territory administered by the British South Africa Company, becoming an official British protectorate in 1924, and achieving independence as Zambia in 1964.
In 2010, the World Bank named Zambia one of the world's fastest economically reformed countries. ^[R1]

The first stamps of independent Zambia were issued on 24 October 1964. They consisted of a set of three commemoratives. On the same day, a set of 14 definitives was issued, with depictions of various professions and scenes. ^[R2]

Official stamps of Zambia related to Paleontology: dinosaurs and other prehistoric animals

01.02.1973 "Fossils from Luangwa"	27.09.1999 "Dinosaurs"

References:
[R1] More information about Zambia are on Wikipedia WikiTravel
[R2] More information about postal history of Zambia on: Wikipedia

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