2019 – News & Updates

News & Updates

2019

March, 2019

About Us

• Fellows of the Rhodesian Study Circle added.

Engage

• 2019 Annual Conference programme added.
• Mayflower 400 added.

Collect

• Auctions
  • Philatelic Friends Auction No.31 added.
• Catalogues
  • Encyclopedia of Rhodesian and Zimbabwean Postage Stamps Since 1964 – March additions added.
• Displays
  • Air Letters of Rhodesia – Adrian de Bourbon
  • Airgraphs of Southern Rhodesia – Adrian de Bourbon
• Publications
  • Les Congolatres No.38 added.
  • The Zambezi Trilogy: Book 1 – The Horns – Jill Baker added.

Explore

• Advertising Covers 
  • Grand Hotel – new cover added.
  • Haddon & Sly – new cover added to Bulawayo.
  • Thomas Cook & Son added.
  • Victoria Falls Hotel – new cover added to 1964-1990.
• Cinderellas
  • 1989 – Africa’s Best Seller
  • 1994 – Africa’s No.1
• Government
  • British South Africa Company
    • BSAC Estates Dept added.
  • Northern Rhodesia
    • Mines Office – Form 3 added.
    • Mines Office – Inspection Certificate added.
    • Mines Office – Certificate of Extra Work added.
  • Southern Rhodesia
    • Chaplin High School added.
• Military
  • AFRAF – new cover added.
• Missions
  • Gogoi Mission – new cover added.
  • Monte Carlo Mission – new cover added.
  • Mount Selinda – new cover added.
  • Mrewa Mission – new cover added.
  • Nyadiri Mission – new cover added.
• People
  • Aeschliman, Myrtle Louise added.
  • Buck, Theresa – new cover added.
  • Climenhaga, Arthur Merlin added.
  • Fawdry, John Adams added.
  • Meacham, Frank – new cover added.
  • Tontz, Minnie – new cover added.
  • Torrence, Louise – new postcard added.
• Postcards
  • Art Centre added.
  • Atelier – Letter Card Series 102 added.
  • Cape Times Ltd – Type I Joan Evans series added.
  • Cape Times Ltd – new cards added to Tour Rhodesia & Nyasaland.
  • Central News Agency – new cards added.
  • Frameworthy – RSPC13 added to Type II.
  • Gevaert – Kitwe Type II added.
  • G.B & Co – new type IA added.
  • G.B & Co – multiple new cards added to type V 1195-1210.
  • G.B & Co – multiple new cards added to type V 1195-1210 Red.
  • Grafton Studio – new cards added.
  • John Hamlin – V10 added.
  • Howard Timmins – No.31 added to Type IA.
  • Karel Kramer (Pvt) Ltd added.
  • McCorquodale & Co – new Bromide series added.
  • McGhie & Co Ltd added.
  • National Museums Board – Type I added.
  • Nyasaland Hotels and Brewery Ltd – Type I added.
  • Payne’s Studio – No.27 & No.110 added.
  • Percy M Clark – new card added to Berlin I Red Victoria Falls.
  • Pictorial Publishing Co. – No.209 added to Type VC.
  • P.P.I. Spicers – No.234 added to Orange Type II.
  • Print-Ad Products Pty Ltd added.
  • Real Photo Cards
    • Type 0 – new card added.
    • Type 0PC2 added.
    • Type 0PC3 added.
    • Type 1A – new card added.
    • Type 2H – Nyasaland 1 added.
    • Type 2I – Nyasaland 1 added.
    • Type 3G – new card added.
    • Type 4A – new card added.
    • Type 4B – new card added.
    • Type 5C – new card added.
    • Type 5D added.
    • Type 7C added.
    • Type 8H added.
    • Type 10E added.
    • Type 10F added.
    • Type 11B – new card added.
    • Type 13 added.
  • Rhodesia Railways – new card added to type IV.
  • Rhomark – 05 added to Type IA.
  • Salisbury & District Publicity Association added.
  • SAPSCO – new K.400 series added.
• Post Office
  • Order 266 added.
  • Order 6698 added.
• Printers
  • Pre-Production
    • 1910 Union of South Africa
• Radio Cards
  • Air Zimbabwe – Type I added.
  • QSL Cards added:
    • F0-9SR – “Salcombe”
    • VQ2HJ – H J Classens
    • VQ2JG – John G Seal
    • ZE1JC – J M Harper
    • ZE1JV – Henry de Wet
    • ZE2JE – Dudley Kaye-Eddie
    • ZE2KI – P J McNicol
    • ZE3JL – J H Magee
    • ZE3JO – Malcolm Geddes
    • ZE4JF – “Dave” Brock
    • ZE4JH – Raymond J Herran
    • ZE4JN – J E Rogers
    • ZE5JU – Peter J Liebenberg
    • ZE6JR – G R Roberts
    • ZE6JY – Denis Shephard
    • ZE7JY
    • ZE8JB – G Bond
• Regions
  • • Zambia – 1972 National Parks FDC Plate B added

February, 2019

Engage

• Events
  • MILCOPEX 2019 added.
• Member Competitions
  • Single Sheet Competition – 2019 Winner added.

Collect

• Auctions
  • Spink Philatelic Collectors’ Series, April added.
• Online Resources
  • Exploring Stamps – S3 E5 – Brazillian Bull’s Eye Stamps released.
  • Exploring Stamps – S3 E4 – The Virgin Islands released.
• Other Publications
  • The Springbok – downloadable archive added.
  • From Broken Hill to Pernambuco added.
• RSC Publications
  • RSC Journal –  March 2019 added.
  • Memoir 34 – Postmarks on the 1910-1913 Double Head Issue – Paradise Revisited – now available for pre-order.
  • Memoirs – page has been refreshed and updated.

Explore

• Airmail
  • British Overseas Airways Corporation – multiple new updates & additions.
  • Central African Airways – multiple new updates & additions.
  • Southern Rhodesia Air Services – page updated.
• Events
  • 1960 – Central African Trade Fair added.
  • 1933 – Nyasaland Air Week – new covers added to both flights.
• People
  • Fleming, Louise – new cover added.
  • Lawerence, William – new cover added.
• Postcards
  • Art Publishers – 223 added to Type IVA.
  • Atelier (Pvt) Ltd – new cards added to Type I, IA, II.
  • Frameworthy – RSPC28 added to Type II.
  • Grafton Studios – new cards added.
  • Herald Stationery & Book Store added.
  • J W Soper – multiple updates.
  • Kingstons Ltd – new cards added to Tour Rhodesia & Nyasaland.
  • Percy M Clark – multiple updates to F.R.G.S. Red Imprint.
  • Peter Hill – No.39 added.
  • Pictorial Publishing Co – 171 added to Type 3AA.
  • P P & I – new card added to Type IIA.
  • R A Bourlay – PS4 added to Type II
  • R A Bourlay – PS23 added to Type 3B.
  • Rhodesian Printers Ltd – Letter Card Type I added.
  • Sallo Epstein – No.742 added.
  • S.E. & Co – new cards added to Type I.
  • Tucks – new cards added to SR Publicity Bureau (numbered).
  • Tucks – new cards added to SR Publicity Bureau.
• Regions
  • Rhodesia
    • 1966 Postage Due added.

January, 2019

Engage

• Events
  • WESTPEX 2019 added.
• Member Meetings
  • Melbourne dates added.
  • Scotland dates added.

Collect

• Auctions
  • Philatelic Friends No.30 added.
• RSC Publications
  • RSC Journal No.272 (Feb 2019) added.
• Other Publications
  • Les Congolatres Bulletin No.37 added.
  • Southern Africa Philatelty – No. 11 Feb 2019 added.

Explore

• Advertising Covers
  • A J Butler & Co – updated.
  • Andrew Chalmers (Africa) (Pvt) Ltd added.
  • Astonian Press added.
  • Bain Bros added.
  • Barclays Bank – Livingstone & Mufulira Branch cover added.
  • Barclays Bank – Lusaka added.
  • Barclays Bank of Zimbabwe – Bindura and Chinhoyi branch added.
  • Bayer Services Zambia Ltd added.
  • Bhimjee R Naik added.
  • Blackwood Hodge (Rhodesia) Ltd added.
  • Cazan and Haldimann added.
  • Cecil Hotel – new cover added.
  • E Oxley & Co added.
  • Edward L Bateman Ltd added.
  • Federal Stamp Company added.
  • George Hindley (Pvt) Ltd added.
  • Grand Hotel Bulawayo – new cover added.
  • Grand Hotel Salisbury – new cover added.
  • Gregory Salzman Ltd added.
  • Halsteds & Co Ltd – page updated and new covers added.
  • Haim Galante – new cover added.
  • Herald Stationery and Book Store added.
  • Higginson and Turnbull Pty Ltd added.
  • Hubert Davies & Co Ltd added.
  • Imperial Tobacco Company – inbound cover from North Borneo added.
  • Kirkman’s Florist added.
  • London and Rhodesian Mining & Land Co Ltd added.
  • Manica Trading Co Ltd – new cover added to Salisbury branch.
  • Midlands Hotel – new cover added.
  • Muller & Phips – new Ndola branch added.
  • National Milling Company Ltd added.
  • OK Bazaars Ltd added.
  • Packaging and Printing Industries (Pvt) Ltd added.
  • R Chitrin & Co added.
  • Rhodesian Clothing Factory added.
  • Rhodesian Printers Ltd – cover added.
  • S&S Cars Ltd added.
  • Samuel Osborn (Rhodesia) Ltd added.
  • Scanlen & Holderness added.
  • Shell Company of Rhodesia Ltd – new cover added to Bulawayo.
  • South African Timber Co Ltd added.
  • The Texas Company (S.A.) Ltd added.
  • W J Mount (Pvt) Ltd added.
  • Wightman & Co Ltd – new cover added to Bulawayo branch.
  • Winterton, Holmes & Hill added.
  • Zambia Airways – new cover added.
• Events
  • 1963 – 11th World Scout Jamboree added.
  • 1934 – Royal Tour – new cover added.
• Government
  • Round Table Malawi added.
  • St John Ambulance added.
  • United Nations Development Programme – new cover added to Zambia.
  • University of Rhodesia – new cover added.
• Mines
  • Form 5 – New certificates added.
• Missions
  • Bethlehem Missionary Society added.
  • Every Home Crusade added.
  • Gokomere Mission – new cover added.
  • Mount Selinda Industrial Dept added.
  • Mount Selinda Institute added.
  • Mount Selinda Medical Dept added.
  • Mount Selinda Training and Practising School added.
  • Mtshabezi Mission – new cover added.
  • Mukaro Mission added.
  • Pumula Mission added.
  • Society for the Propagation of the Gospel in Foreign Parts added.
  • St. Anthony’s Mission added.
  • St. Joseph’s Mission added.
  • Solusi College – new cover added.
  • Wesleyan Methodist Church added.
  • Zambesi Union Mission – new cover added.
• People
  • Battigelli, Ilo Alexander added.
  • Larks Hack, Mabel E added.
  • Lawrence, William T – new cover added.
  • Shingadia, Jadavjee Kanjee added.
  • Soper, John Walter added.
• Postcard
  • Astonian Press added.
  • B D & P added.
  • Chosupa Publishers and Distributors added.
  • Coombe & Delwar – Type IA added.
  • Crumplin & Harrison – New cards added to Harrisons Stationery Stores II.
  • Flair Publishing added.
  • Frameworthy Publications added.
  • Gevaert added.
  • Grafton Studio added.
  • G.W.W. – new series Type 1A added.
  • G.W.W. – John G Bain Type III added.
  • G.W.W. – John G Bain Type IIIA added.
  • Howard Timmins (Pvt) Ltd added.
  • Jack Hall & Co added.
  • John Hamlin added.
  • Kingstons North Ltd added.
  • Kingstons (Zambia) Ltd added.
  • Lennon Ltd – No.11 & 14 added to No. Series Type I.
  • Robert MacLehose & Co. – Rhodes-Livingstone Museum added.
  • Mardon Printers (Pvt) Ltd added.
  • Rhodesian Printers Ltd added.
  • Rhomark added.
  • Rhoprint added.
  • SAPRA – RM series added.
  • Sarum Imprint (Pvt) Ltd added.
  • S E & Co Ltd added.
  • Smart & Cropley – new cards added to Christmas Greetings.
  • Soper added.
  • Wesleyan Methodist Church – Type I added.
• Post Office
  • Salisbury PO Boxes (1-99) added.
  • Salisbury PO Boxes (100-199) added.
  • Salisbury PO Boxes (200-299) added.
  • Salisbury PO Boxes (300-399) added.
  • Salisbury Private Bags – Route E added.
  • Salisbury Private Bags – Post Restante added.
  • Ruwa Park added.
• Printers
  • Pre-Production
    • 1977 – Fish of Lake Malawi added.
  • Presentation
    • 1978 – Malawi Christmas added.
• Regions
  • Zambia
    • 1979 – International Anti-Apartheid Year added.
    • 1979 – International Year of the Child added.
    • 1979 – Commonwealth Summit Conference added.
    • 1979 – 3rd Definitive Series Overprints added.
    • 1978 – Prevent Poaching – Protect Wildlife added.
    • 1977 – Christmas 1977 added.
    • 1977 – Birds of Zambia added.
    • 1977 – 2nd Black and African Festival of Arts and Culture
    • 1975 – 3rd Definitive Series – new maxim card added.
    • 1968 – New Currency Definitive Series – new maxim card added.
  • Malawi
    • 1979 – Wild Orchids Definitive added.
    • 1979 – Christmas added.
    • 1979 – Sir Rowland Hill 1795-1879 added.
    • 1979 – International Year of the Child added.
    • 1979 – Salima-Lilongwe Railway Line added.
    • 1979 – National Tree Planting Day added.
    • 1978 – Christmas added.
    • 1978 – Wild Life added.
    • 1978 – Easter 1978 added.
    • 1977 – Fish of Lake Malawi added.
    • 1977 – Handicrafts added.
    • 1976 – Christmas 1976 added.
    • 1976 – Blantyre Mission Centenary 1876-1976 added.
    • 1976 – 10th Anniversary of the Republic added.
    • 1976 – Centenary of First Telephone Transmission added.
  • Rhodesia & Nyasaland
    • 1960 – Kariba Dam new maxim cards added