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The threatened increase in UK postage rates is now upon us and the bad news is that the new rates will come into force from the 30th April, i.e. well before the June Journal is distributed. One of the largest increases is in the second class minimum letter rate from 36p to 50p – an increase of almost 40%. Other rates are increased more or less in line with this, and this will of course affect the cost of publications, particularly airmail postage rates. It will also have an impact on the cost of distributing the Journal, and probably therefore subscriptions, but that can be discussed at the AGM.

The immediate problem is that we have two new memoirs – see attached – which we had planned to formally announce at Conference. However, in order to give overseas members a chance to buy at the prices that would have been charged had the increase in postage been significantly less, we would like to suggest that you distribute the attached flyer and order form to members with whom you are in touch. These prices will prevail provided we receive an order in time to despatch before the 30th April. Also attached is a price list of other publications as the postage we charge for these will also have to be adjusted upwards, and this is a final opportunity for overseas members to purchase at current prices.

There is unfortunately one additional complication. Having arranged for the printing of the two new memoirs I hold the entire stock and will not be handing this over to Brian Coop until we meet at Conference. Orders for the two new memoirs should therefore be sent to me together with a cheque payable to the Study Circle (not me, please). Orders involving credit card payments should be sent to Brian Coop, who will advise me and I will organise despatch. All orders for previous publications should be sent, with payment, to Brian Coop in the usual way.

Under somewhat difficult circumstances, this is the best we can do.

Memoir 19

 The Postal history of Bulawayo to 1923 by Alan Drysdall, with contributions from Jenifer Barry, John Berridge, Sean Burke, Colin Hoffman, Otto Peetoom, Andrew Wilke and Andrew Wilson, Memoir 19 of the Rhodesian Study Circle; 196 pages with almost 200 illustrations, the majority in colour; photocopied on A4 with card and transparent plastic covers and spiral bound; available from the Series Editor (Alan Drysdall – see below)); price £22 inclusive of inland or surface postage. The airmail supplement is an additional £8.

 A comprehensive account of the postal history of Bulawayo dating from early missionary mail and the Mafeking–Bulawayo Runner Post, and covering the occupation of Matabeleland, the Rebellion, the arrival of the railway – which was to result in Bulawayo becoming the hub of a communications network – the Boer War, and the First World War, with chapters on early flights, provisional stamp issues, currency cards, the telegraph stamps, instructional markings, postmarks, postcards, etc.

 Memoir 23

 Letters to and from Bulawayo in 1890 by Alan Drysdall, Keith Harrop and Ian Johnstone, Memoir 23 of the Rhodesian Study Circle; 50 pages with 23 illustrations, photocopied on A4 with card and transparent plastic covers and spiral bound; available from the Publications Officer (Brian Coop – see below); price £10 inclusive of inland or surface postage. The airmail supplement is an additional £2.

 A fascinating correspondence involving the BSA Co.’s representatives in Bulawayo, Sam Edwards in Tati, Cecil Rhodes, Leander Starr Jameson and Lobengula himself dating from the time the Pioneer Column assembled in Bechuanaland and set out for Salisbury that is described together with letters dating from the same period held by the Zimbabwe National Archives. There was concern that Lobengula might react violently to what he regarded as a large-scale invasion, and the letters describe the apprehension felt by the European residents of Bulawayo and Tati, and the attempts by the Company’s representatives to persuade Lobengula not to rescind the Rudd Concession and that the Column was not a threat to Matabeland.

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RSC Publications

HANDBOOK

The Parts listed below provide guides to the literature, and are free to members on request.

Part I            Rhodesia: The British South Africa Company 1890 – 1924 (£1.00 p+p)

Part II          Southern Rhodesia to Zimbabwe 1924 – 1998. (£1.00 p+p)

Part III         Northern Rhodesia to Zambia 1924 – 1996; Postal History – Section S (£1.00 p+p each section)

Part IV         B.C.A. and Nyasaland to Malawi 1890 – 1996 (£1.00 p+p)

Part V          Rhodesian Study Circle Journal Cumulative Index 1970 – 1994 (£1.00 p+p)

MEMOIRS (Handbook Series)

Memoir 1 The Sitwell Correspondence, Bechuanaland Protectorate and Mashonaland Postage Rates 1890-92 by A.R. Drysdall and J. Catterall; (£5.00surface mail plus £3airmail).

Memoir 2 The Early Postal History of the Mlanje District, British Central Africa by A.R. Drysdall and I. Lane; (£5.00 surface mail plus £3 for airmail).

Memoir 3 The Rhodesian Study Circle – Our History by A.R. Drysdall and C.M. Hoffman; (free by surface mail to new members plus £5 for airmail).

Memoir 6 The Early Postal History of Central Africa; Two Important Correspondences by A.R. Drysdall; (£15 surface mail plus £5 for airmail).

Memoir 7 The KGVI Stamps of N. Rhodesia by A.R. Drysdall, I. Lane & J. Cheston; (£15 surface mail plus £5 for airmail)

Memoir 8 The Postal Stationery of the British South Africa Company 1880-1924 by C. Wheatley, K. Hanman, C. Hoffman, I Johnstone and edited by A.R. Drysdall; (£10 surface mail plus £3 for airmail).

Memoir 9 Early Goldmining In Southern Rhodesia – the Mining Regulations and Revenue Documents of the British South Africa Company 1890–1922 by C. Cooksey; (£10 surface mail plus £3 for airmail)

Memoir 11 The Dies and Plates for the Early Stamp Issues of Northern Rhodesia and Highlights of the Collections of the Livingstone Museum by A.R. Drysdall; (£10 surface mail plus £3 for airmail)

Memoir 12 Surcharged Mail and the Postage Due Stamps of Northern Rhodesia 1924–64 by A.R. Drysdall and O. Peetoom; (£12 surface mail plus £3 for airmail)

Memoir 13 The Postal History of North-Eastern Rhodesia – Alan Drysdall and Anita McCullough (£18 surface mail plus £5 for airmail).

Memoir 14 The ‘large Falls’ Stamps of Southern Rhodesia by A.R. Drysdall; (£12 surface mail plus £3 airmail

Memoir 15 The Early Postal History of Barotseland; the Role of the Paris Missionaries in N.W. Rhodesia by Sean Burke, Alan Drysdall and Paul Peggie; (£20 surface mail plus £5 airmail

Memoir 16 Postmarks on the 1910 – 1913 ‘Doubke-head’ issue and their rarity by S. Burke, S. Reah-Johnson and J. Barry; (£18 surface mail plus £5 for airmail)

Memoir 17 The postal history of Southern Rhodesia during World War II by C.J. Cooksey and K.G. Harrop; (£18 surface mail plus £5 for airmail

Memoir 18 Cross-Border Mail via Northern Rhodesia – Alan Drysdall and Paul Peggie (£14 surface mail plus £3 for airmail)

OTHER PUBLICATIONS

South of the Zambezi by Hal Hoyte and Jane Lashbrook; £20 incl. p+p

The Nyasaland Field Force by A.R. Drysdall; £15 incl. p+p

First Bulawayo Provisionals by E.K. Wright and C.M. Hoffman; £4 incl. p+p

Mashonaland–a Postal History 1890–96 by A.R. Drysdall and D. Collis; £28 inland, £29 overseas incl. p+p

The Postmarks of Nyasaland and Malawi (incl. British Central Africa) (second edition) by A. Banks and N. Roberts; £17 incl. p+p.

The Oates Correspondence; a Postal History of Frank Oates Travels in Matabeleland and Zambezia 1873–75 by E.K. Wright and A.R. Drysdall; £6.50 incl. p+p.

The History of the Northern Rhodesia Police by Tim Wright Price £20 incl. p+p inland; add £4 for overseas postage

The London Philatelist (September 2007) The King George V Silver Jubilee issue and the case of Northern Rhodesia by A.R. Drysdall; £2.25 incl. p+p; add 75p for overseas postage

The London Philatelist (April 2008) The 1937 King George VI Coronation issue and the case of Northern Rhodesia by A.R. Drysdall; £2.25 inc. p+p; add 75p for overseas postage

JOURNALS

From 1982 (117) to 1994 (No. 167) – £2 each or £6 per volume

From 1994 (No 168) to 2002 (No 205) – £3 each or £8 per volume

From 2003 (No 206) to date – £4 each or £8 per volume

Surface postage – orders up to £2 add 50p; orders £2 to £5 add £1.50; orders £5 to £10 add £2.00; orders £10 to £35 add  £4. Additional airmail costs can be charged to Visa on orders over £25.

Orders with remittance payable to the Rhodesian Study Circle –  gra_bri@btinternet.com.

The forum has been overhauled and we think all problems resolved

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Ther are also similar boxes in Publications, Library and Journal to contact those sections

Details of meetings appear in the Meetings section

South West meetings:  Please note that the next meeting will be on Sunday 27th May at Phil Nodder’s at Bath.

Cape met Saturday 17 March 2012 – report eagerly waited

Here are the current Membership and Renewal forms for download.

2012 RSC Application Form

2012 RSC Renewal Form