NORTHERN RHODESIA - Catalogue of definitives stamps
Country
Northern Rhodesia
Continent
Africa
Capital
Lusaka
Description
Northern Rhodesia was the name of the actual country of Zambia until 1953. From 1953 to 1964 it was joined to Nyasaland Protectorate into the Federation of Rhodesia and Nyasaland.
Discovered in 1897, Northern Rhodesia was separated from Southern Rhodesia in 1903; from 1924 it became a Protectorate of the United Kingdom.