Autographs of Ian Smith
Ian Douglas Smith GCLM ID (8 April 1919 – 20 November 2007) was a Rhodesian politician, farmer, and fighter pilot who served as Prime Minister of Rhodesia (known as Southern Rhodesia until October 1964 and now known as Zimbabwe) from 1964 to 1979. He was the country's first leader to be born and raised in Rhodesia, and led the predominantly white government that unilaterally declared independence from the United Kingdom in November 1965 in opposition to the UK's demands for the implementation of majority rule as a condition for independence. His 15 years in power were defined by the country's international isolation and involvement in the Rhodesian Bush War, which pitted Rhodesia's armed forces against the Soviet- and Chinese-funded military wings of the Zimbabwe African National Union (ZANU) and Zimbabwe African People's Union (ZAPU). More about Ian Smith
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Smith became Deputy Prime Minister following the Front's December 1962 election victory, and he stepped up to the premiership after Field resigned in April 1964, two months before the first events that led to the Bush War took place. After repeated talks with British Prime Minister Harold Wilson broke down, Smith and his Cabinet unilaterally declared independence on 11 November 1965 in an effort to delay majority rule; shortly afterwards, the first phase of the war began in earnest. After further negotiations with the UK failed, Rhodesia cut all remaining British ties and reconstituted itself as a republic in 1970. Smith led the Front to four election victories over the course of his premiership; despite sporadic negotiations with moderate leader Abel Muzorawa over the course of the war, his support came exclusively from the white minority, with the black majority being widely disenfranchised under the country's electoral system. Read even more about Ian Smith at Wikipedia
Traded items with a signature of Ian Smith
The most expensive item with a signature of Ian Smith (SIGNED The Great Betrayal Ian Smith Rhodesian PM autobiography 1ST EDITION 1997) was sold in December 2022 for £485.00 while the cheapest item (Neighbours Ian Smith unsigned fancard) found a new owner for £0.55 in May 2018. The month with the most items sold (4) was December 2021 with an average selling price of £4.99 for an autographed item of Ian Smith. Sold items reached their highest average selling price in December 2022 with £485.00 and the month that saw the lowest prices with £4.95 was January 2022. In average, an autographed item from Ian Smith is worth £44.99.
Most recently, these items with a signature of Ian Smith were sold on eBay - click here for more items.
| Item Title | Price | Store | |
|---|---|---|---|
 | '86 BA CONCORDE 1st FLT COVER SIGNED SEO IAN SMITH + FINN_LONDON-SALZBURG #1/3 | £6.04 | |
| 28.05.84 BA CONCORDE 1st COVER SIGNED SFO IAN SMITH+FINN_AMSTERDAM-CARDIFF #1/3 | £5.71 | |
| BITTER HARVEST [THE GREAT BETRAYAL] - IAN SMITH. SIGNED INSCRIP. 2001 REV. ED. | £65.00 | |
| Bitter Harvest The Great Betrayal Ian Smith 2001 Signed Zimbabwe Rhodesia | £79.88 | |
| CAMBRIDGE FDC CONCORDE NEW ZEALAND 1991 SIGNED BY CONCORDE SEO IAN SMITH | £4.99 | |
| IAN SMITH SIGNED The Great Betrayal - Rhodesia/ Zimbabwe Hbk Blake 1997 | £29.00 | |
| SIGNED The Great Betrayal Ian Smith Rhodesian PM autobiography 1ST EDITION 1997 | £485.00 | |
| The Great Betrayal Ian Smith 1997 hand signed hardback | £129.99 | |
| THE GREAT BETRAYAL IAN SMITH SIGNED Rhodesia PM Central Africa RAF UDI Zimbabwe | £99.99 | |
| Very rare hand-signed Ian Smith first edition | £90.00 | |