Category: British South Africa Company
Postcards: The World’s Post Card Co – Type I
The World’s Post Card Co
Type I
| No.s | Description | Earliest PMK Date |
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| N/A | Caravan of Rev. and Mrs John M Springer, Congo Free State, Africa. | |
| N/A | Mrs Springer and Jonas at Hartzell Villa, W.F.M.S., Old Umtali, Rhodesia, Africa. | |
| N/A | Rev. and Mrs John M Springer, Rhodesia, Africa. |
Postcard: Real Photo Cards – Type XBA
Reddall & Atkinson
Reddall & Atkinson
Bulawayo
Reddall and Atkinson were broker agents based in Bulawayo.
Revenue
Revenue: Reddall & Atkinson
Reddall & Atkinson
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- 1897
Postcards: Sallo Epstein & Co. – Type IA – Green
Sallo Epstein & Co.
Type IA – Green
Similar to Type I but with Printed in Dresden next to the stamp box.
| No.s | Description | Earliest PMK Date |
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| N/A | Blantyre Church - Central Africa. | 22/10/1906 |
Postmarks: 1905 – Visit of the British Association for the Advancement of Science
Visit of the British Association for the Advancement of Science
Two special postmarks were used as part of the Visit of the British Association for the Advancement of Science in 1905.
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- SE 3 1905
Type I – Tour Cancellation
The Tour Cancellation was used in both South Africa and Rhodesia on the 9th, 11th and 14th of September. The cancels are found in violet up until the 13 Sept, and black for the 14 Sept.
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- 28 AUG 1905
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- 29 AUG 1905
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- 1 – SEP 1905
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- SEP 9 1905
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- SEP 11 1905
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- SEP 14 1905
Type II – Opening of the Victoria Falls Bridge
September 12th was the opening day for the Victoria Falls road/rail bridge as well as being public holiday. Therefore, the Victoria Falls Post Office was only open for two hours to commemorate the visit of the Association (for whose benefit the special cancel was used).
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- SEP 12 1905
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- SEP 13 1905
Contributors
- Adrian de Bourbon
1905 – Visit of the British Association for the Advancement of Science
Visit of the British Association for the Advancement of Science
9-21 September 1905
The British Association for the Advancement of Science was established to hold regular meetings in various countries of the British Empire in order to encourage scientific research in other parts of the world.
In 1905, the Association visited South Africa.The overseas delegates travelled to two South African cities as part of the meeting and visited five other cities on excursions. At each venue they met their South African counterparts and presented public lectures. There were two distinct meetings; Cape Town (15-18 August), and Johannesburg (28 August – 1 September).
330 members and their wives arrived in Cape Town on 15 August and travelled on to Durban arriving on 22 August 1905. They then travelled through South Africa to Bulawayo in two special trains arriving on 9 September 1905.
In addition to these meetings, the Association commissioned a young archaeologist from England, Sir David Randall-MacIver to carry out excavations at the Zimbabwe Ruins and to report on the significance of the monument. MacIvers methods were vastly different to those used by James Theodore Bent and Richard Nicklin Hall. MacIver’s subsequent publication, Medieval Rhodesia caused great academic controversy upon its release.
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- 09.09.1905
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- 09.09.1905
Members of the Association also travelled to Rhodesia, arriving 9 September. In Bulawayo, the second Rhodesia Museum was opened by Professor G Darwin, President of the British Association, and son of Charles Darwin. In addition, Randall-MacIver presented the results of his investigations before members of the British and South African Associations in an evening discourse. The party left Bulawayo on the 10th, stopping at the Matopos on 11 September.
The Association travelled onto Victoria Falls where the Victoria Falls Bridge was officially opened by Professor Darwin on 12 September 1905. After the ceremony, members visited the Rain Forest, Livingstone Island and other areas. On 13 September, the Association visited various points of interest around the bridge before returning by training to Bulawayo on the 13 September.
After returning to Bulawayo on the 14th, one group (206 persons) went directly to Cape Town and sailed on 17 September 1905 for home, the other group going north to Salisbury, Umtali and then to Beira before travelling back to Cape Town and to the UK.
Stamp Issues
Postmarks
References
- Journal of the Rhodesian Study Circle No.67
- Journal of the Rhodesian Study Circle No.68
- Journal of the Rhodesian Study Circle No.69
- wellcomecollection.org
Contributors
- Adrian de Bourbon
Seventh-Day Adventist Church: Southern Rhodesia Mission Field
Seventh-Day Adventist Church
Southern Rhodesia Mission Field
The Southern Rhodesia Mission Field was organised in 1921. The territory covered the native work of Southern Rhodesia.
Mission
- 1901 – Somabula Mission
- 1910 – Inyazura Mission Station
- 1923 – Lower Gwelo Mission Station (formerly Somabula Mission)
Native Mission
- 1894 – Solusi Mission Station
- 1910 – Hanke Mission Station
- 1910 – Fort Victoria Mission Station
- 1929 – Bulawayo Location Mission Station
- 1929 – Filabusi Mission Station
- 1929 – Headlands Mission
- 1929 – Gwaai Mission Station (formerly Tjolotjo Mission Station)
- Lower Shangani Mission Station
- 1936 – Nata Mission Station
Postcards: G. B. & Co. – Panorama (Coloured) No.2000-2010
G. Budricks & Co
Panorama (Coloured) No.2000-2010
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- 2006
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| 2006 | Native washing place, just above the "Falls". | |
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