Zimbabwe 2011 Traditional Huts
From Stamps of the World
- Issue date: 29th November 2011
- four values and a miniature sheet
- Designed: from paintings by Freddy Tembo, layout by Lucia Marisamhuka
- Printed by: NatPrint, Harare
- Print process: lithography
- stamp format: height 30mm x width 35mm. Miniature sheet height 105mm x width 105mm
- Perforations: 14.25 x 14
25c ~ Shona hut
30c ~ Ndebele hut (in style of late 18th century, with 'coded' paintings on exterior walls)
85c ~ Manyika hut
$1 ~ Tonga hut (stilted type - used as a bedroom or granary)
Images constructed with assistance of National Archives of Zimbabwe; the huts shown are in the historic traditional style for each ethnic group, prior to wholesale outside influences
