News – Rhodesian Study Circle

Catalogues – New additions and updates for the Encyclopedia of Rhodesian & Zimbabwe Postage Stamps Since 1964 uploaded.
RSC Publications – Memoir 6 – One available
RSC Publications – South of the Zambesi – Back in stock.
Other Publications – Cancellations of Rhodesia and Nyasaland, The pdf download available.
Other Publications – Rhodesia 1913 Admirals pdf download available.

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Advertising Covers – Zambia Industrial and Mining Corporation Ltd added.
Advertising Covers – Rhodesian Printing & Publishing Co. Ltd added.
Advertising Covers – Chimanimani Hotel added.
Advertising Covers – Sheraton Harare Hotel added.
Advertising Covers – New covers added to Puzey & Payne.
Advertising Covers – New covers added for Johnson & Fletcher (Gatooma).
Advertising Covers – Holiday Inn added.
Advertising Covers – African Sun Limited added.
Advertising Covers – The Rhodesian Aviation Co., Ltd added.
Advertising Covers – The Manica Trading Company added.
Advertising Covers – Boy Scouts Association added.
Advertising Covers – Scout Stamp Collector’s Club added.
Advertising Covers – Glen-Co Agencies added.
Advertising Covers – Central News Agency added.
Advertising Covers – New cover added to Duly & Co Fort Victoria.
Advertising Covers – The Jameson Hotel added.
Advertising Covers – Peter Falk added.
Advertising Covers – Autair Helicopters (PVT) Ltd added.
Advertising Covers – Hotel Edinburgh added.
Advertising Covers – Lake Shipping Company (PVT) Ltd added.
Advertising Covers – Mobil (Rhodesia) added.
Advertising Covers – Falcon College added.
Advertising Covers – Rhodesian Tin and Steelware Manufacturers Ltd added.
Advertising Covers – Company Mozambique added.
Advertising Covers – Geo C Brown & Co added.
Advertising Covers – A.F. Philip & Co Livingstone added.
Advertising Covers – New material added to A.F. Philip & Co Bulawayo.
Advertising Covers – New cover added to Lennon Ltd Salisbury.
Advertising Covers – Musi-o-Tunya Inter-Continental Hotel added.
Advertising Covers – Lions Club of Gwaai Valley added.
Advertising Covers – New cover added to Hotel Cecil.
Events – Benson and Hedges: Stamps of Quality Exhibition added.
Events – 1st Commissioner’s Conference in Zimbabwe added.
Events – Princess Elizabeth’s 21st Birthday added.
Events – National Federation of Women’s Institutes added.
Government – Rhodesia Railways Form 51/3269 added.
Government – University of Rhodesia added.
Mines – Rio Tinto Southern Rhodesia Ltd added.
Missions – Malamulo Mission added.
Missions – Plainfield Mission added.
Missions – Dronfontein Mission added.
Missions – Faith Orphanage Foundation added.
Missions – Zenka Mission added.
Missions – Ingwenya Mission added.
Missions – Gokomere Mission added.
Missions – Mzondo Mission added.
Missions – Mbuma Mission added.
Missions – Free Presbyterian Church of Scotland added.
Missions – St Augustine’s Mission added.
Missions – Church of England added.
Missions – Chironga Mission added.
Missions – Tsungwesi Mission added.
Missions – Inyazura Mission added.
Missions – Nyazura Mission added.
People – New cover added to A. G. Hay.
People – New cover added to Victor Clark.
People – Maurice E Persons added.
Postcards – New image added to Percy M Clark Berlin I M.Rhodesia.
Postcards – New image added to E B S Mercer Cameo Series II.
Postcards – New image added to Tucks J M Mein series.
Postcards – New image added to Smart & Copley Series S.
Postcards – Lennon Ltd Real Photo I added.
Postcards – New image added to Lennon Ltd Series A.
Postcards – New image added to Percy M Clark Series V.
Postcards – New image added to Percy Clark A.R.P.S. Type II Coloured.
Postcards – New image added to Philpott & Collins Pictorial Views I.
Postcards – New images added to G.W.W. Series IV.
Postcards – New images added to G.W.W. Series I.
Postcards – Sallo Epstein No.s 750-759 added.
Postcards – Sallo Epstein No.s 100-109 added.
Postcards – Mbuma Mission Series 1170 added.
Postcards – Mbuma Mission Series 5913 added.
Postcards – Mbuma Mission Series 6183 added.
Postcards – Mbuma Mission Series 13104 added.
Postcards – Mbuma Mission Series 13878 added.
Postcards – Mbuma Mission Series 22200 added.
Postcards – Mbuma Mission Series 28674 added.
Postcards – Mbuma Mission Series 46923 added.

February, 2018

Engage

WESTPEX 2018 – RSC Dinner and other details updated.

Collect

Auctions – PSGSA 2018 Auction added.

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Advertising Covers – New covers added to Rhodesian Stamp Collectors Exchange.
Advertising Covers – New covers added to The Grand Hotel.
Advertising Covers – Bulawayo General Suppliers Ltd added.
Advertising Covers – Rosslyn Safaris added.
Advertising Covers – The Ridgeway Hotel added.
Advertising Covers – African Capacity Building Foundation added.
Advertising Covers – New cover added to Victoria Falls Hotel (1905).
Advertising Covers – New cover added to Silver’s Studio.
Government – G.S.O. E.16 995/39/S stationery added.
Government – G.S.O. E.6 382/41/S stationery added.
Government – G.S.O. E.11 240/47/S stationery added.
Government – Zambia Postal Stationery GG 81849 added.
Government – Rhodesia Railways T.F.15 45091 Pad added.
Government – B.S.A.C. Commercial Branch added.
Government – Malawi Railways Ltd added.
Government – U.S. Agency for International Development added.
Government – New covers added to United Nations Development Programme.
Government – ILO Southern African Rehabilitation Programmes added.
Government – ILO Southern African Team for Employment Promotion added.
Mines – New images added to Mining Form 1 – Prospecting Licence.
Missions – World Vision added.
People – Grace Clark added.
Postcards – New card added to Percy M Clark Berlin I Red – Victoria Falls.
Postcards – New card added to Bulawayo Pictorial Postcard Depot (Ornamental Green).
Postcards – Valentine & Sons Ltd – Ridgeway Hotel added.
Postcards – World Vision Christmas 1983 added.
Postcards – New image added to Percy M Clark – Berlin I N.W. Rhodesia.
Postcards – New images added to Argus Series 3.
Postcards – G.B. & Co – Nos.200-209 SI (Colour) Greetings added.
Postcards – No.2 card added to Machleose & Co.
Postcards – Caps Printing Ltd – Zambia in the Sun – KZ Series added.
Postcards – Meijer Wormerveer: Zambia in the Sun added.
Postcards – Senefelder: Zambia in the Sun added.
Postcards – Senefelder: Zambia in the Sun – Inter-Continental Hotel added.
Postcards – New cards added to Percy M Clark F.R.G.S. Red Imprint.
Postcards – New card added to Ellis Allen Type G.
Postcards – New card added to African Lakes Corporation Series 1.
Post Offices – Form P.203 Acknowledgement of Receipt – 20269 added.
Post Offices – Form T.4 Southern Rhodesia Type I added.
Regions – 1987 – Christmas added.
Regions – 1987 – Hippopotamus added.
Regions – 1977 – Transport added.
Regions – 1979 – Salima-Lilongwe Railway Line added.
Regions – 1987 – Steam Locomotives added.
Regions – 1976 – Malawi Railways Locomotives added.
Regions – New unproduced essays added for 10th Anniversary of Rhodesia & Nyasaland.
Revenue – Quitrent Receipt A.1681 added.
Revenue – Quitrent Receipt No.1460 added.

January, 2018

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Auction – RSC Members Auction, January 2018 added.
Auction – Spink: The Royal Palm Collection 1910-1913 Double Heads added.
Auction – Spink: The Philatelic Collectors Series, January 2018 added.
Events – WESTPEX 2018 details updated including draft presentation listing.

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Auctions – The Willam O’Connell Collection (June, 2018) added.
Auctions – Robson Lowe – The De La Rue Key Plates added.
Dealers – HH Sales, Philabooks and Pennymead added.
Other Publications – Southern Africa Philately Feb 2018 added.
Other Publications – Rhodesian Philatelist Feb 2018 added.
Other Publications – Rhodesian Post Offices – Where and When (Out of Print) added.

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Advertising Covers – New cover added to London Assurance FDC Zambia.
Airmail – C.A.A. 1951 First Direct Flight added.
Events – New covers added to the 1953 Royal Tour.
Events – 1951 Nyasaland Diamond Jubilee Exhibition added.
Government – Zambia National Tourism Bureau added.
Postcards – SAPRA Studio Zambia in the Sun added.
Postcards – T. D. Ravenscroft – Green Series II – Numbered added.
Postcards – T. D. Ravenscroft – Green Series I – Numbered added.
Postcards – New P.S.& C./T.D. Ravenscroft Series added.
Postcards – Multiple new cards added to E.Peters.
Postcards – Sallo Epstein – Type III Numbered added.
Postcards – Sallo Epstein – Type II Phototyped in Dresden added.
Postcards – Sallo Epstein – Type I Black added.
Postcards – E.T. Brown Birchenough Bridge added.
Postcards – E.T. Brown Birchenough Bridge, Sabi River added.
Postcards – G.B & Co. listing added (in-progress).
Postcards – New cards added to Percy M Clark Sanbride Series.
Postcards – Crest Series (Brown) – Bulawayo added.
Postcard – New card added to Percy M Clark Berlin I – Photographer.
Postcards – New cards added to Smart & Copley Solo Series – Type I.
Postcards – Nels added.
Printers – 1908 Colour Trials – Fourth Series & Supplement added.
Printers – 1908 Colour Trials – Fifth Series & Supplement added.
Printers – Double Heads Order No.215790 added.
Printers – Double Heads Order No.186653 added.
Printers – Double Heads Order No.173156 added.
Printers – Double Heads Order No.192629 added.
Printers – New images added to Double Heads Order No.149618
Printers – New images added to Double Heads Order No.185855
Printers – Presentation Nyasaland 1908 Edward VII Definitive Series added.
Printers – Pre-Production Nyasaland 1945 GVI Definitive Series added.
Printers – Pre-Production Nyasaland 1953 QEII Definitive Series added.
Printers – Pre-Production Nyasaland 1934 George V Definitive Series added.
Regions – FDC – C. W. George added.
Regions – FDC – Three Arrows added.
Regions – Rhodesia & Nyasaland 1955 Centenary of the Discovery of the Victoria Falls added.
Regions – Nyasaland 1944 George VI Definitive Series (New Paper) added.
Regions – Nyasaland 1942 George VI Definitive Series (New Colours) added.
Regions – Nyasaland 1945 George VI Definitive Series added.
Regions – Nyasaland 1948 Silver Wedding added.
Regions – Nyasaland 1964 Definitive Issue updated.
Regions – Nyasaland 1953 Rhodes Centenary Exhibition added.
Regions – Nyasaland 1954 Booklets added.
Regions – Nyasaland 1950 Postage Due added.
Regions – Nyasaland 1953 QEII Definitive Series (New Perf) added.
Regions – Nyasaland 1953 QEII Definitive Series added.
Regions – Nyasaland 1935 George V Definitive Series (New Values) added.
Regions – Nyasaland 1934 George V Definitive Series added.
Regions – Nyasaland 1953 Coronation release added.

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Marshall Hole Currency Cards: Type II – Administrator’s Office, Bulawayo

22nd April 2018

Marshall Hole Currency Cards

Type II – Administrator’s Office, Bulawayo

Type II has no full stop after Bulawayo in The Civil Commissioner, Bulawayo line. It bears the cachet Administrator’s Office/Bulawayo.

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September, 2018

Collect

Auctions
- Philatelic Friends No.28 Sept, 2018 added.

Engage

Events
- SCOTEX 2018 added.

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Advertising
- Barclays Bank of Zambia Ltd – Kitwe and Kabwe added.
- Coghlan & Welsh – new cover added.
- Johnson & Fletcher – new covers added to Ndola and Bulawayo branches.
- North-Western Farmers’ Co-Operative Society Ltd added.
- Roan Antelope Copper Mines Ltd – new cover added.
Events
- 1935 – Salisbury Attains City Status added.
- 1943 – Bulawayo Attains City Status added.
- 1968 – MATAPEX 75 updated.
Government
- Avondale Village Management Board – new Revenue document added.
- British South Africa Company added
- British South Africa Company Stationery added.
- British South Africa Police added.
- Cotton Research & Industry Board added.
- International Red Locust Control Service added.
- United Nations Development Programme – new covers added to Malawi.
- Government Stationery – E.12 added to 995/39/S.
- Government Stationery – E7 added to 521/46/S.
- 611/37/S – On His Majesty’s Service added.
- 78/43/S – On His Majesty’s Service added.
- 3954KK stationery added.
Military
- AFRAF Newspaper added.
Missions
- Mutambara Girls School – new cover added.
People
- Palca, Tobias added.
- Pevsner, Michael added
- Springer, Helen Newton added.
Postcards
- Aristophot Co. Ltd – Flag Series added.
- E Peters – multiple new cards added.
- Hallis & Co. completed.
- GB & Co No.s 230-239 PI – Type IVA – Greetings added
- Geo C Brown – G C Brown, Bulawayo – new series added.
- Geo C Brown – Stationer Series – Red Imprint – new card added.
- J N Selkirk added.
- Kodak Type II General – multiple new cards added.
- Kodak Ltd – Type II – Victor B Pare added.
- Kodak Ltd – J R F Series – new cards added.
- Lennon Ltd S Series – new card added
- Lennon Ltd No. Series. – new caed added
- Lennon Ltd No. Series – Type II added.
- MacLehose & Co – New card added to Commission series.
- Percy M Clark – New General Series I Type IA B&W series added.
- Percy M Clark Berlin Series I – M.Rhodesia– new card added.
- Percy M Clark – F.R.G.S. – Red Imprint – new cards added.
- Philpot & Collins Rhodesian Crest Blue – new cards added.
- Philpott & Collins Coat of Arms I– 35907, 35909 & 35919 added
- Philpott & Collins Coat of Arms II– 35929 added.
- Philpott & Collins Recessed Border – new cards added.
- R O Fuesslein 1000 Series I added.
- Real Photo Card – New card added to Type VIIID.
- Real Photo Card – New Type IXD added.
- Real Photo Card – Type X added.
- Smart & Copley – new Smart & Copley Ltd, Bulawayo series added.
- Smart & Copley – refreshed listings with multiple new additions.
- Tokim – K Series – new cards added.
- Tokim – L Series added.
- Tokim – N Series added.
- Tokim – NR Series added.
- Tokim – RN Series – new cards added.
- Tokim – U Series – new cards added.
- Tokim – VF Series – new cards added.
- Tokim – M Shapiro added.
- Tucks – World Art Service added.
- Tucks – Empire Postcard added.
- Tucks – South Africa – Oilette added.
- Umtali & District Publicity Association Empire Exhibition Set A added.
- Umtali & District Publicity Association Empire Exhibition Set B added.
- Valentine & Sons M Series – EX.151 added.
Post Offices
- 21195: Ministry of Posts bulletin added.
Regions
- 1966 – Definitive Series (Rhodesia-Harrison) added.

August, 2018

Engage

Members Events
- 17th Southern Africa Philately Conference added.
Members Auction
- August 2018 Members Auction added.

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Displays
- Revenue Stamps of Rhodesia – Sandy Jardine. Original offsite link no longer works correctly. I have now created a PDF and hosting on the RSC site.
Publications
- August updates to Encyclopedia of Rhodesia and Zimbabwe Postage Stamps to 1964.

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Advertising Covers
- Barclays Bank of Zimbabwe Ltd added.
- Barclays Bank (Northern Rhodesia) added.
- Barclays Bank of Zambia Ltd added.
Cinderellas
- S.P.C.A. – Stamp Out Cruelty added.
Events
- New stationery added to 1947 Royal Visit.
- 1978 – Trade Fair Rhodesia added.
Government
- PP392816 stationery added.
- 163791HH stationery added.
- 74/52/S stationery added.
- 7091/57/S stationery added.
- 561/39/S stationery added.
Military
- Commonwealth Ceasefire Monitoring Force
Mines
- Vubachikwe Mine added.
Missions
- New cover added to Berejena Mission.
People
- Drysdall, Alan added.
Postcards
- New cards plus Type IIIA and Type IVA for G.W.W. added.
- New cards added to R O Fuesslein (various series).
- New cards added to Percy M Clark – Berlin II.
- New card added to Percy M Clark – Berlin I Red – M.Rhodesia.
- New cards added to Percy M Clark – Berlin I Red – Photographer.
- New cards added to Percy M Clark – Berlin I Red – Victoria Falls.
- New card added to Percy M Clark – Berlin I – N.W. Rhodesia.
- New cards added to McCorquodale & Co., Ltd – Bromide (Numbered)
- New card added to Percy M Clark – Sandbride Series.
- New card added to Percy M Clark – General Series 1A – Type I – Coloured.
- New cards added to Percy Clark – Hunts Collotype Series (Numbered).
- New card added to E.B.S Mercer – Cameo Series I.
- New cards added to Bulawayo Pictorial Postcard Deport – Green Ornament Series.
- No.45 added to E.Peters Type IA Series.
- Bulawayo News Agency – Type II Booklet added.
- New cards added to Real Photo Card – Type IVA.
- New card added to Caltex – Rhodesia’s Favourite Oil Company.
- Braune & Levy No.s 2510-2519 added.
- Braune & Levy No.s 1400-1409 added.
- Geo C Brown Stationer – With Best Wishes added.
- New card added to Browns Bazaar Series I.
- Browns Bazaar & Novelty Stores – Type IIA added.
- New card added to Browns Bazaar & Novelty Stores Type IV.
- Hood & Co Ltd – Sandbride – Premier Silk Bazaar added.
- Tokim E T Brown – Type I added.
- Tokim Type I added.
- Unity Press ZIMCO added.
- Meikle’s Hotel Type II added.
- Central News Agency – Type I added.
- New cards added to Valentine & Sons Ltd 501 (L.F. Moore) Series.
- New card added to Real Photo Card Type IB.
- R1/R2/R5 added to Smart & Copley – Crest (Green) – R Series.
- New card added to Strachan – Series X – Surrounding Districts (B&W).
- New card added to Smart & Copley – To Wish You A Merry Christmas.
- R.259 added to SAPSCO R200 Series.
- New card added to Percy M Clark – General Series I – Type II – Hunt’s Collotype Series
- Real Photo Card Type VIIID added.
- Real Photo Card Type IXC added.
- New card added to Real Photo Card Type IIIC.
- New card added to Real Photo Card Type IA.
- New card added to Argus PPC Series F.
- New cards added to Argus PPC Series D.
- New cards added to Argus PPC Series C.
- New card added to Argus PPC Series A.
- New cards added to Tokim – RN Series.
- New cards added to Tokim – WA Series.
- New card added to Percy Clark Berlin I Black – Victoria Falls.
Regions
- 1969 – 70th Anniversary of the Salisbury – Beira Railway added.
- 1968 – Matabeleland 1893 – 1968 added.
- 1967 – Dual Currency 1s/10c added.
- 1967 – Dual Currency 3d/2½c added.
- 1968 – Dual Currency 2/6d/25c added.
- 1968 – Dual Currency 1/6d/15c & 2s/20c added.
- 1968 – Rhodes National Gallery added.
- 1968 – Conserve Natural Resources added.
- 1929 – George V Admiral Definitive Series Coil added.
Revenue
- 78210 – Browns Bazaar & Novelty Stores Ltd added.

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27th December 2017

2017 – News & Updates

December, 2017

The search function on our website has been updated by the developer. You can now use this to search within the nearly 600 tables of information on our website.

This will be of use to postcard collectors as they can now search for the title of the postcard. The function is also helpful for searching for proofs and file copies by Order No.

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Auctions – Robson Lowe July 1978 Auction added.
Catalogues – Rhodesian Philatelic Agencies added.
Catalogues – Salisbury Stamp Co. added.
Dealers – Memories of Rhodesia auctions added.
Online Resources – New Online Resource links added.
Publications – New covers for Stanley Gibbons Monthly added.
RSC Publications – Encyclopedia of Rhodesian and Zimbabwean Postage Stamps Since 1964 has been updated for December with several new entries.
RSC Publications – Topic Index and Author Index updated for 2017

Event

2018 STAMPEX Spring added.
2018 RSC Continental Europe Event added.
2018 Westpex information updated.

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Advertising Covers – New cover added to Royal Hotel.
Advertising Covers – The United Tobacco Companies Ltd added.
Advertising Covers – Copperbelt Philatelic Society 1963 World Tobacco Congress added.
Advertising Covers – Mufulira Copper Mines Ltd added.
Advertising Covers – New covers added to Victoria Falls Hotel.
Advertising Covers – New covers added to Cecil Hotel.
Advertising Covers – New cover added to Carlton Hotel.
Advertising Covers – Muller & Phipps added.
Advertising Covers – Tobacco Sales Floor added.
Advertising Covers – Tobacco Producer’s Floor Ltd added.
Advertising Covers – Tobacco Sales Limited added.
Advertising Covers – Art Flooring Co (Pvt) Ltd added.
Advertising Covers – Inter-Continental Hotel revamped (new covers).
Advertising Covers – New cover added to Mark Friend & Co.
Advertising Covers – Rhodesian & Nyasaland Airways Ltd added.
Advertising Covers – Imperial Airways Ltd added.
Advertising Covers – Haddon & Sly Ltd added.
Advertising Covers – H.M. Barbour added.
Advertising Covers – Interflora added.
Advertising Covers – Wright’s Florists added.
Advertising Covers – Rhodesian Wattle Co. Ltd added.
Advertising Covers – Nmir & Chapman (PVT) Ltd added.
Advertising Covers – Jack Arres Florist (PVT) Ltd added.
Airmails – new cover for RANA 1935 – Zomba to Beira added.
Airmails – new cover for RANA 1935 – Lilongwe to Beira added.
Airmails – new covers for RANA 1935 – Blantyre to Beira added.
Airmails – new covers and re-formatting of Imperial Airways 1931 Christmas Mail
Airmail – Imperial Airways 1931 Christmas Mail – Limbe to Cape Town added.
Events – 1924 South Africa Parliamentary Tour added.
Events – Fifth Imperial Press Conference added.
Events – 15th International Geological Congress added.
Events – First International Tobacco Congress added.
Government – Malawi Bureau of Standards added.
Government – Consulate of Denmark added.
Government – President’s Citizenship College added.
Mines – New image added to Form 1 Prospecting License.
Mines – New image added to Form 7 Certificate of Registration.
Missions – Empandeni Mission added.
Missions – Brunapeg Mission added.
Missions – Marange (Makomwe) Mission added.
Missions – St Patrick’s Mission added.
Missions – Woman’s Foreign Missionary Society added.
People – Alfred Theodore C Sutton added.
People – Peter Prestage added.
People – J & M Lazarus added.
People – John M Springer added.
People – Helen E Springer added.
Postcards – Meikle’s Hotel Salisbury added.
Postcards – Society of Jesus – Zambesi Mission added.
Postcards – Braune & Levy added.
Postcards – Sallo Epstein & Co added.
Postcards – New Smart & Copley Christmas series added.
Postcards – New cards added to Smart & Copley A Series.
Post Office – T.101 Greetings Telegram added.
Printers – New image added to Waterlow & Sons Order 31522/3
Printers – New images added to Waterlow & Sons Order 16349
Printers – New image added to Waterlow & Sons Order 14405
Printers – New images added to Waterlow & Sons Order 14445
Printers – New images added to Waterlow & Sons Order 141704
Printers – New images added to Waterlow & Sons Order 292954
Printers – Waterlow & Sons Order 68531 added.

November, 2017

A new section added to Explore – People.

Explore

Advertising Covers – Rhodesia Railways G.F.15 – 64039 added.
Advertising Covers – Rhodesia Railways R1412 added
Advertising Covers – Rhodesia Railways 72080 added.
Advertising Covers – Lilongwe Philatelic Society added.
Advertising Covers – The Umtali Advertiser added.
Advertising Covers – Charles Stewart Day Old Chicks (PVT) Ltd added.
Advertising Covers – The Northern Assurance Company Limited added.
Advertising Covers – Automobile Association of Rhodesia added.
Advertising Covers – Royal Automobile Club of South Africa added.
Cinderellas – New images added for Livingstone Tourist Centre.
Events – Lions International 16th Annual Convention added.
Events – New cover added for 10th Anniversary of Independence (R).
Government – Quitrent B.S.A.C. (Rhodesia) I added (prior Type I moved to type II).
Government – Minerals Marketing Corporation of Zimbabwe added.
Government – International Union for Conservation of Nature added.
Government – Moto Moto Museum added.
Government – National Museums Board (Zambia) added.
Government – 5425/61/S – O.H.M.S. added.
Government – E5 – 1449/50/S – On His Majesty’s Service added.
Government – E7 – 993/39/S – On His Majesty’s Service added.
Government – E7 – 1041/50/S – On His Majesty’s Service added.
Government – E11 – 1941 – 382/41/S – On His Majesty’s Service added.
Government – E11 – 1946 – 521/46/S – On His Majesty’s Service added.
Government – E12 – 1938 – 857/38/S – On His Majesty’s Service added.
Government – E12 – 1940 – 563/39/S – On His Majesty’s Service added.
Missions – Sanyati Baptist Mission added.
Missions – Southern Baptist Convention added.
Missions – Nyakatsapa Mission added.
Missions – Roman Catholic Church (structure started).
Missions – Amercian Board Mission added.
Missions – Chikore Mission updated.
Missions – Mt Selinda Mission updated.
Missions – Old Umtali Mission added.
Missions – Hartzell Agriculture School added.
Missions – Rhodesian Bible Institute added.
Missions – Harare Theological College added.
Missions – Kapfunde Mission added.
People – Columbus C Fuller added.
People – Arthur Jerome Orner added.
People – Drs Giles and Wana Fort added.
Postcards – Rhodesia Mission Press added.
Post Office – S.B.44 – 17987 – Post Office Savings Bank added.
Post Office – C.5 20269 Receipt of Delivery/Payment added.
Regions – New cover added to 75th Anniversary of UPU (N)

October, 2017

Engage

2018 Single Sheet Competition now open.
Royal Philatelic Society London – Philatelic Seminar added.

Collect

Empire Philatelists added to dealers.

Explore

Advertising Covers – Duly & Co Ltd updated (new covers added)
Advertising Covers – Tassilo Burger added.
Advertising Covers – Springvale School added.
Advertising Covers – Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals added.
Advertising Covers – Hassam Janmahomed Bros Ltd added.
Advertising Covers – Goldfields of Matabeleland Ltd added.
Advertising Covers – Chloride Zambia Limited added.
Advertising Covers – Theological College of Central Africa added.
Airmails – Zambia Airways added.
Government – University of Zimbabwe added.
Government – University of Rhodesia & Nyasaland added.
Government – The National Museum of Southern Rhodesia added.
Government – The Rhodesia Museum added.
Government – International Labour Organisation added.
Government – National Assembly of Zambia added.
Government – United Nations Development Programme added.
Government – Consulate of Greece
Government – Consulate of Switzerland
Government – Customs Form 26 added.
Government – Customs Form 30 added.
People – Loy Stanley Mitchell added.
People – Henry Peter Steigerwald added.
People – The Danielsons added.
People – The Cedarholms added.
Postcards – New cards added to African Lakes Corporation Series I
Postcards – Work started on E.T. Brown
Missions – United Bible Societies added
Missions – British and Foreign Bible Societies added.
Missions – Masase Mission added.
Missions – Nhowe Bible School added.
Missions – Mutare Bible School added.
Missions – Mutare School of Preaching added.
Missions – Musume Mission added.
Missions – Church of Sweden added.
Missions – Lower Gwelo Mission added.
Missions – Somabula Mission added.
Missions – Zambezi Union Mission added.
Missions – Solusi Mission College added.
Missions – Solusi Mission University added.
Missions – Seventh Day Adventist Church added.
Missions – Churches of Christ added.
Missions – Nhowe Mission added.
Missions – Karanda Mission added.
Missions – Wanezi Mission added.
Missions – World Outreach International added.
Missions – Mtasa-Makoni Mission added.
Missions – Methodist Episcopal Church added.
Missions – Msengedzi Mission added.
Missions – Church of the Nazarene added.
Missions – TEAM Hatfield (Harare) added.
Missions – The Evangelical Alliance Mission added.
Missions – Mavuradonha Mission added.
Missions – Dande Mission added.
Revenue – Quitrent – Land Settlement Department added.

September, 2017

Collect

Encyclopedia of Rhodesian and Zimbabwean Postage Stamps Since 1964 has been updated for September.
Displays – Southern Rhodesia Missions to 1978 added.

Engage

Event – Updates to 70th Anniversary of the Rhodesian Study Circle.
Event – STAMPEX 2017, Autumn added.
Event – SEAPEX 2017 added.

Explore

Advertising Covers – The Salvation Army (Territorial Headquarters)
Advertising Covers – Proctor’s Garage added.
Advertising Covers – New cover added to Noel P Hunt.
Advertising Covers – Update to Garlicks Office Equipment.
Advertising Covers – New cover added to H.E. Jackson & Co.
Advertising Covers – New covers added to African Lakes Corporation.
Advertising Covers – Elephant Hills Resort added.
Advertising Covers – New covers added to Victoria Falls Hotel.
Advertising Covers – New revenue document added to Mark Friend & Radio Co.
Air Mail – New cover for 1934 London to Australia (Mpika) added.
Events – 1960 Royal Tour added.
Cinderella – 1903 Bulawayo Pictorials
Cinderella – COGHM 1991 added.
Cinderella – Guard Against Gossip added.
Cinderella – South Africa – Southern Rhodesian Volunteers added.
Cinderella – New cover added to 1976 RAPT series.
Cinderella – New cover added to 1958 RAPT series.
Events – Commonwealth Heads of Government Meeting 91 added.
Missions – New covers added to Mutambara Mission
Missions – Gogoi Missions added.
Missions – Nyadire (Nyadiri) Mission added.
Missions – Matopo Mission added.
Missions – Regina Coeli Mission added.
Missions – New cover added to Mutambara Mission (Sister Oril Penney)
Postcards – New images added to Valentine & Sons M Series
Postcards – New card added to E B S Mercer (Cameo III Series)
Postcards – New Tucks: J M Mein (Umtali & District Publicity Association) series added.
Postcards – PS&C added.
Post Offices – Bulletin No.1 of 1967 added.
Post Offices – Acknowledge of Receipt (247) added.
Post Offices – New images added to S.B.26 119.
Printers – New images added to Order 356677
Printers – New proof added to Order 84554
Regions – New cover added to Northern Rhodesia 1937 Coronation issue.
Regions – New covers added to the Philatelic Society of Rhodesia 1940 Issue.
Regions – CHOGM 1991 stamp release added.
Revenue – Quitrents added.

August, 2017

Collect

Encyclopedia of Rhodesian and Zimbabwean Postage Stamps Since 1964 has been updated for August.

Engage

SAPDAPEX 2017 added.
Stockholmia 2019 added.
RSC Auction, August 2017 added.
RSC Journal No.265, Sept 2017 added.

Explore

Events – 1957 Royal Tour updated.
Events – 1953 Royal Tour added.
Events – The Kingsley Fairbridge Memorial added.
Events – 1925 Prince of Wales Royal Tour updated.
Events – 1934 Prince George Royal Tour added.
Missions – Mutambara Mission added.
Missions – Monte Cassino Mission added.
Missions – New cover added to Sinde Mission.
Missions – New cover added to Solusi Mission.
Missions – New covers added to American Board Mission – Mt Silinda
Missions – New covers added to American Board Mission – Chikore
Postcards – Work on SAPSCO has begun.
Postcards – Argus Printing & Publishing Co Salisbury added.
Post Office – Abercorn added.
Post Office – Antelope Mine added.
Post Office – Arcturus added.
Post Office – Beatrice added
Post Office – Beatrice Mine added.
Post Office – Bembesi added.
Post Office – Bindura added.
Post Office – Belmont added
Post Office – Bushtick added.
Post Office – Chakari added.
Post Office – Dadaya added.
Post Office – Eastnor added.
Post Office – Filabusi added.
Post Office – Fort Rixon added.
Post Office – Greystone added.
Post Office – Gwaai updated.
Post Office – Gwaai Settlement added.
Post Office – Gwaai Siding added.
Post Office – Hunter’s Road added.
Post Office – Mashaba added.
Post Office – Mazoe added.
Post Office – Motapa Mine added.
Post Office – Nil Desperandum Mine added.
Post Office – Odzi added.
Post Office – Queens Mine added.
Post Office – Queens Park added.
Post Office – Raylton added.
Post Office – Turk Mine added.
Post Office – Umfeseri added.
Post Office – Wanderer Mine added.
Post Office – Waterford added.
Regions – New maxim card added to SR QEII Definitive Series.

July 2017

Members

Members Meetings – Europe added!
Auctions – Philatelic Collector’s Series Sale (Oct 2017)

Explore

Advertising Covers – New cover added to Meikle’s Hotel
Advertising Covers – New cover added to Victoria Falls Hotel.
Advertising Covers – New cover added to Umtali & District Publicity Association
Advertising Covers – New cover added to Radio Ltd.
Advertising Covers – New cover added to A F Philip
Advertising Covers – New cover added to Rhodesian Industries.
Advertising Covers – New cover added to Kodak.
Advertising Covers – New covers added A J Storey
Advertising Covers – New cover added to T Forbes & Sons.
Advertising Covers – London & Lancashire Insurance Co., Ltd.
Advertising Covers – Cecil Roberts & Letts added.
Advertising Covers – H E Jackson & Co Ltd added.
Advertising Covers – Duly & Co receipt added.
Advertising Covers – Shire Highlands Railway Company Ltd
Advertising Covers – I. Conforzi (Tea & Tobacco) Ltd
Advertising Covers – Rhodesia Railways covers added.
Cinderellas – New Friends of Rhodesia stationery item added.
Government – New cover added to Rhodesian Native Labour Bureau
Mines – Prospecting Licence added.
Mines – Inspection Certificate added.
Military – Bush War Military Post Offices added.
Postcards – A H McLachlan & Co added.
Postcards – Lennon Ltd Personalised Postcards added.
Postcards – EBS Mercer completed.
Post Office – Save Your Envelopes (78071)
Post Office – 1965 Churchill Display Card
Post Office – 1965 Independence Display Card
Post Office – Stamp Release Bulletin (21195)
Post Office – Philatelic Bulletins added (Rhodesia/ZIMPost)
Post Office – Acknowledgement of Receipt (39)
Post Office – Baggage Label
Post Office – Postal Notice 13 of 1932
Post Office – Depositor’s Book
Post Office – Save Your Envelopes (71036)
Post Office – Provisional Receipt (686/82)
Post Office – Stamp Savings Card (608)
Post Office – Stamp Savings Card (119)
Post Office – Acknowledgement of Receipt (1944)
Post Office – Acknowledgement of Receipt (1945)
Post Office – Message Form (1410)
Post Office – Post Office Letter Bill
Post Office – The British South Africa Company’s Telegraphs
Post Office – The British South Africa Company’s Telegraphs (467)
Post Office – Department of Posts and Telegraphs Receipt (592)
Post Office – Receipt for Rental for a Private Letter X
Post Office – Receipt for Rental for a Private Letter X (BSAC)
Post Office – Form of Certificate of Issue
Post Office – Post Office Telegraphs, S.Rhodesia (932)
Post Office – Post Office Telegraphs, S.Rhodesia (46981)
Post Office – Inquiry into a Missing Letter, Parcel or Packet (27312)
Post Office – Reclamation (29767)
Post Office – Reclamation (1956)
Post Office – Reclamation (527)
Post Office – Particulars of a Missing Letter, Parcel or Packet (8242)
Post Office – Particulars of a Missing Letter, Parcel or Packet (14846)
Post Office – Gadzema added.
Printers – New Order for BSAC 1909 Arms Overprints 233002
Printers – New Order for BSAC 1909 Arms Overprints 241470
Printers – New Order for BSAC 1898 Arms Issues 196904
Printers – New images added for Order 182067
Printers – New image added for Order 356677
Printers – New image added for Order 233228
Printers – New image added for Order 230512
Printers – New images added for Order 14405
Printers – New images added for Order 14445
Printers – New images added for Order 24753
Printers – New images added for Order 356677
Printers – New images added for Order 141704
Printers – New images added for Order 20603
Regions – 1964 Definitive Overprints
Regions – 20th Anniversary Central African Airways
Regions – Sir Winston Churchill 1874-1965
Regions – 75th Anniversary of the Post Office Savings Bank
Revenue – Spencer’s Garage and Service Station added.
Revenue – A F Phillip & Co Court Document added.

June 2017

New RSCfix Campaigns added. These campaigns allow people to correct digitised texts of old newspapers.
Engage > Events
- WESTPEX 2018 details added.
- Preliminary details for 2018 Annual Conference added.
Explore > Advertising Covers
- Typocrafters Ltd added.
- New cover added to Grand Hotel, Bulawayo
- Victoria Falls Hotel added
- New cover added to Meikle’s Hotel – Salisbury
- Nyasaland Pharmacies added.
Explore > Cinderellas
- Friends of Rhodesia Association
- National Society for the Blind and Physically Handicapped
Explore > Mines
- Certificate of Registration added.
- Certificate of Special Registration added.
Explore > Postcards
- Universities’ Mission to Central Africa added.
- Unattributed postcards section added.
- EBS Mercer has been completed.
- New Umtali and District Publicity Association series:
  - Series I
  - Series II
- New Tokim VF – Victoria Falls (Colour) series added.
- New A J Storey Type IV added.
- A page for unattributed postcards has been added.
- MacLehose & Co printers added.
- Victor Clark series added.
- New Clark’s Curio Store Animal Series added.
- Nyasaland Pharmacies added.
- Two new Geo C Brown Postcard series added:
  - Type III White Border (Red Imprint)
  - Type IV
- R O Fuesslein added.
- T D Ravenscroft added.
- Updates to Umtali Printing & Publishing Co.
  - Rhodesian Advertiser I is now W.H.S. – Rhodesian Advertiser I
  - A new Rhodesian Advertiser I has been added.
- 11 new images added to Kingstons – Tour Rhodesia and Nyasaland
- Rhodesia Railways Victoria Falls Hotel added:
  - Mardon Printers Black Series
  - Mardon Printers Olive Series
  - Typocrafters (Pvt) Ltd Blue Series
Explore > Printers
- Printing Orders added for:
  - 1935 Large Waterfalls
  - 1954 QE II Definitives (Rhodesia & Nyasaland)
  - 1898 Arms Issues
  - 1896 Arms Issues
- New image added to 1937 GVI Def – Order: 20268
- New image added to 1937 GVI Def – Order: 16567
- New image added to 1937 GVI Def – Order: 82815
- New image added to 1924 Admirals – Order: 233228
- New order for 1924 Admirals added – Order: 230512
Explore > Revenue
- Mining Commissioner: Lo Magondis added.

May 2017

Explore > Advertising Covers
- Roan Antelope Mines Ltd cover added
- Rehabilitation and Prevention of Tuberculosis added.
- More Johnson and Fletcher covers added.
Explore > Cinderellas
- New images added to many of the RAPT series.
Explore > Collect
- New Online Resources section added.
- AlbumEasy added.
Explore > Postcards
- Philpott & Collins completed.
- Rhodesian Railways Mardon Series added (including booklet)
- Percy M Clark completed.
- Valentine & Sons listings added.
- Umtali Printing & Publishing added.
- J M Mein added.
- Strachan & Co added
- McCorquodale & Co Ltd added.
- E Peters postcards added.

April 2017

Explore > Advertising Covers
- Added Rhodesian Milling & Manufacturing Co.Ltd
- Added Garlick’s Office Equipment (Remington Typewriter Agency)
- Added Rhodesian Industries Co. (PVT) Ltd
- Added T Forbes & Sons
Explore > Airmails
- New covers added for 1934 First Flight to Australia
Explore > Cinderellas
- Added Visit Scenic Selukwe
- Added Come to Livingstone to see the Victoria Falls.
- Added technical details and missing series for RAPT 1955-1979.
- Added Gloria Flour.
Explore > Events
- New cover added to 1975 Victoria Falls Bridge Conference
Explore > Mines
- Extra Prospecting Licence
- £1 Prospecting Licence
- Protection Certificate
Explore > Postcards
- Added Rhodesia Railways:
  - 1936 Empire Exhibition
  - Twelve Views of Victoria Falls Series I & II
- A Harrison businesses have all been updated:
  - A Harrison
  - Bulawayo News Agency
  - Crumplin & Harrison
  - Harrison’s Stationery Stores
  - Preece & Harrison
  - Crumplin & Harrison Ltd
- Added Gwelo Stationery Stores.
- Updated A J Storey:
  - 1920’s series split into three series based on reviewed data
  - New images added to 1908 BCA series.
- Added new Tokim series:
  - U Series – Umtali
  - E T Brown
  - Greetings and Best Wishes
- Added new Tucks series:
  - 1925 Empire Exhibition
  - Glazed Photo Series B
  - Mandala P.C. – Victoria Falls
  - Mandala P.C.3 – Victoria Falls
  - Nyasaland Pavillion East African Court (Empire Exhibition)
  - Photochrome Series A
  - Real P.C. Series
  - Real Photograph Series
  - Rhodesia Railways Ltd Series of Picture Postcards
  - Sepia Postcard Series B
  - Southern Rhodesia Publicity Bureau (Unnumbered)
- Added Kimble Productions
- Added Philpott & Collins:
  - 1902 Local View Series
  - 1904/5 Pictorial Views added.
- Percy M Clark Red Series now broken into three distinct series.
Explore > Post Offices & Postmarks
- Added Postal Notices for 1898/1899/1901
- Added Postal Notices for 1937 & 1938
Explore > Printers
- Order No.s added for:
  - 293574
  - 292315
  - 136433
  - 178309
  - 233228
- Pre-Production added for:
  - Central African Rhodes Centenary Exhibition (SR)
  - Rhodes Centenary (SR)
- Dies and Plate details added for SR GVI Definitive Stationery
- Added Pre-Production for 1924 Admirals (Revenues only).
Collect > Publications
- 1966 CAA Article from Rhodesian Commentary published.
Explore > Regions
- Added 1938 George VI Definitive Stationery
- Added George VI Air Letters (1944-1953)
Explore > Revenue & Fiscals
- Added Robert Edward Codrington profile.
- New section added (in-progress)
- Added Native Affairs Dept.
- 1890 Mashonaland Mining Regulation No.1 added
- Department of Native Affairs added
- Matabeleland Native Labour Bureau added.
- Native Labour Bureau added.
- Rhodesian Native Labour Bureau added.
- Rhodesian Milling & Manufacturing Co.Ltd added.
- D Knight & Co added.
- Cairns Ltd added.
- Mine offices & Mining Commissioners added.
Collect > Catalogues
- New additions and updates to the Encyclopedia of Rhodesian and Zimbabwean Postage Stamps Since 1964

March 2017

Explore > Postcards
- Added biography on J E Hughes
- Added more photos to Smart & Copley Solo Series.
- Three new series added to Clark’s Curio for Percy M Clark:
  - Black Series
  - Bromide Series
  - Number Only Series
  - No. Series
  - Red Series
  - Script Series (several variations).
- New Lennon’s Series A postcard series added.
- Added British Petroleum (BP)
- Tokim:
  - New images & Back Type added to Clark’s Curio Store.
  - New ‘G Series’ added.
  - New ‘SR Series’ added.
  - New ‘S Series B&W’ added.
  - New ‘S Series Colour’ added.

February 2017

Explore > Advertising covers
- M Basch & Co added
- Selborne Hotel added
- Umtali and District Publicity Association added.
- The Union Agencies added.
- New cover added to South African Canvas Co. Ltd
- Royal Hotel Umtali added.
- Spencer’s Airways and Garage.
- Johnson & Fletcher added.
- New cover added to Puzey & Payne Ltd.
- McCullagh & Bothwell added.
Explore > Events
- 1936 Empire Exhibition added.
- 1924 Empire Exhibition added.
Explore > Postcards
- All images for Payne’s Studios/Camera House added
- Work begun on Tokim postcards – images added for a number of series.
- All images for Silver’s Studio’s now added.
- 1936 Empire Exhibition (Umtali and District Publicity Association) added.
- 1936 Empire Exhibition (Department of Publicity, Southern Rhodesia)
- Pictorial Publications Syndicate added.
- Two new Tokim series added:
  - K Series – Kitwe
  - Clark’s Curio Store
- Smart & Copley – we are about 90% completed on this work.
- Raphael Tucks & Sons Ltd started (in-progress).
- Tucks 1924 Empire Exhibition Series 1 & 2 added.
Explore > Printers
- Order No.336125 added (Waterlow & Sons)
Explore > Revenue Documents
- New section!
- Hepsworths Ltd added.
- Bulawayo School of Shorthand & Typing added.
Collect > Dealers
- Bidstart removed (Bidstart is now Hipstamp/Hippostcard)
- HipPostcard added.
- Rhodesian Study Circle Marketplace added.(Facebook buy/sell/swap)
Collect > Publications > Memoirs
- Upcoming Memoir 22 added
- Machine Cancellations of Rhodesia added
Collect > Publications > Gibbons Stamp Monthly
- Cover of 1963 issue added for World Tobacco Congress series.

January 2017

Added Encyclopedia of Rhodesian & Zimbabwean stamps since 1964.
Collect > Publications:
- Journal of the Rhodesian Study Circle, March 2017
Explore > Advertising covers:
- Update to Lennon Ltd.
- New page for Harry S Hopkins & Co., Ltd
- New page for Norwich UnionLife Insurance Company (Added)
- New page for Armasi Vithaldas (Added)
- G North & Sons (new cover added)
- Kingstons Ltd added
Explore > Cinderellas:
- Cover added for 1958 RAPT series
- Cover added for 1968 RAPT series
- Page added for 1960 RAPT series
- Page added for 1961 RAPT series
- Page added for 1962 RAPT series
- Page added for 1963 RAPT series
- Page added for 1964 RAPT series
- Cover added for 1968 RAPT series
- Cover added for 1978 RAPT series
Explore > Events:
- 12th Postal Union Congress
Explore > Postcards:
- Lennon Ltd Bulawayo – Postcards images added for series 1, 2 & 3
- Lennon Ltd Bulawayo – Addition bio info added for Edwin Yerbury (photographer)
- A J Storey – New Postcards added
- A J Storey – Discovery of new series. 1908 is now broken into B.C.A/Nyasaland.
- Payne’s Studios – Camera House series updated. Still a work in progress uploading photos.
- Kingstons Ltd – Tour Rhodesia & Nyasaland
Explore > Printers:
- More Edward VIII essays added
- Northern Rhodesia Central African Exhibition added.
- Northern Rhodesia 1929 Postage Dues added
- Northern Rhodesia 1963 Lusaka Trial added.
- Northern Rhodesia 1953 Definitive Series added.
- Southern Rhodesia 1937 George VI Definitive – Proof 7121 added.
- British Central Africa 1903 Edward VII Definitive
Explore > Regions:
- All Northern Rhodesia stamps issues (1925 – 1952) including Presentation/Productions/Pre-Production material has been added.

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Postcards: The Company of Mary – Series A – Vicariat Apostolique du Shire

14th October 2017

The Company of Mary

Series A – Vicariat Apostolique du Shire

No.s	Description	Earliest PMK Date
N/A	Antilope Inyala
N/A	Chefs Nyasaland
N/A	Danse Anguni
N/A	Elan	21/02/1914
N/A	Facade de l'Eglise du Nzama
N/A	Faune du pays
N/A	Gentleman de la brousse
N/A	Groupe de Chretiens de la Mission du Nzama
N/A	Indigenes
N/A	Leopard	22/07/1914
N/A	Lion a la porte de son piege
N/A	Mgr L. Auneau - Vicariat du Shiré
N/A	Mission d'Utale - Mainson des Peres
N/A	Pigeonnier Africain
N/A	Porteuses de bois
N/A	Type Angourou
N/A	Type Yao
N/A	Types du pays
N/A	Vieillards Indigenes
N/A	Vieillards, Chefs Angonis

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1900: Notice No.4 of 1900

20th April 2017

Departments of Posts and Telegraphs

Notice No.4 of 1900

9th April, 1900

Reduction of Postage Rates to and from North-Eastern Rhodesia.

It is hereby notified for public information that on and after May 1, 1900, the Letter rate of postage between Southern Rhodesia and North-Eastern Rhodesia and vice versa will be reduced to Twopence per half ounce or fraction thereof. From the same date the rate of Letter postage from North-Eastern Rhodesia to the United Kingdom and places overseas will be reduced to Fourpence per half ounce or fraction thereof.

G. H. Eyre, Postmaster-General

General Post Office, Salisbury

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Revenue: Native Commissioner’s Office

3rd April 2017

Native Commissioner’s Office

Native Commissioner’s Officer – Charter District, Mashonaland

Issue	Value	Earliest Use
Double Heads	6d	05.12.1914
Double Heads	1/-	14.03.1913
Double Heads	2/-	00.11.1913
Double Heads	2/6d	24.04.1913

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Postcards: Tucks – 1924 Empire Exhibition – Series 2

11th February 2017

Tucks Postcards

1924 Empire Exhibition – Series 2

No.s	Description	Earliest Postmark Date
1	Southern Rhodesia. Small-Workers Mine Plant
2	Southern Rhodesia. Grave of Mr. Cecil John Rhodes. Matopo Hills.
3	Southern Rhodesia. Dipping Cattle.
4	Southern Rhodesia. Native Labourers Bagging Maize.
5	Southern Rhodesia. Aerial photograph of Victoria Falls.
6	Southern Rhodesia. View of Victoria Falls from railway bridge over Gorge.

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2016 – News & Updates

2nd January 2017

2016 – News & Updates

December 2016

New Events added for:
- Lions International
- Scouts
- Craven Week
- Golden Jubilee of Parliament
New proof added to GVI Definitives (SR) – 1/6d 31522/23
Southern Rhodesia George VI Presentation pieces added.
Rhodesia Pre-Production & Presentation pieces added to Mardon Printers
Air Rhodesia & First Boeing flights added
All issues for Rhodesia from 1970-1978 added.
Edward VIII Southern Rhodesia Definitives added (Unproduced)
10th Anniversary of Federation added (Unproduced)
Last day of Gwaai PO added.
Page for GSM for BSAC 1909 overprint article.
EBS Mercer added to Postcard (more images to come)
Work has begun on cleaning up the Printers section:
- Double Heads
- George VI Definitive (SR)
Images added for S C Turner postcards (Series 1 & 2)
1947 & 1953 Royal Visit added (more to come).
Added S C Turner postcards (contribution by Andrew Wilkie).
Added new printer samples for Order 20268 & 141704
Added Nyasaland 1d 1947 Leopard issue including new material from Spinks.
Added Victoria Falls Display by Otto Peetoom.
Updated Southern Rhodesia 1940 Jubilee issue, including new plate proof.
New postcard added to Preece & MaCKenzie
Added various Rhodesian study groups.
Added Livingstone Tourist Centre cinderella.

November 2016

Membership forms have been simplified.
Record winning sales for Oct Spink Philatelic Collectors Series Sales added.
Argus Printing and Publishing Co Ltd postcards added – contribution by Andrew Wilkie.
Preece & MacKenzie/Preece and Harrison postcards added – contribution by Andrew Wilkie.
Rusitu Mission Station added (contribution by Mark Loomis).

October 2016

FDC series added to London Assurance.
Waterlow & Sons Ltd printing order 82815 added. New material added to 132660
T M Miller/Miller Maskew added – contribution by Andrew Wilkie. More photos to come.
STAMPEX Spring 2017 added
2017 Single Sheet, Post Card and Livermore competitions added.
Free Methodist Church – Lundi and Central Africa Mission – Hippo Valley added with contributions by Mark Loomis.
Corrections to Clark’s Curios data by Andrew Wilkie.

September 2016

Most stamp issues of Malawi and Zambia until 1975 have now been loaded onto the website. Rhodesia is next.
Rhodesian Philatelist and Southern Africa Philately issues added.
Orange Free State Study Circle added.
RSC 2017 Annual Conference page added.

August 2016

SAPDAPEX 2016 information added.
Malawi stamp issues from 1964-1969 added.
Nyasaland stamp issues from 1960-1969 added.
Beginning work on issues from 1971 onwards.

June 2016

Added quite a few airmails and galleries of covers for 1931 Xmas mail, 1932 London – Cape Town flights, First flights to Singapore, Calcutta, Hong Kong, Australia & NZ.
More printing orders added for Waterlow and Sons.
Began loading up listings of the back issues for the RSC Journal. 1948-1956 completed. 1960-1962 completed.
International Exhibitions and RSC award winners have been added for 1948-1962 (more to come).
Hobart Stamp Exhibition added.
Corbitts Stamp Auction added.
Spinks Philatelic Collector Series added.
Back issues can now be ordered online.
Added advertising pages for H H Henwood & Co, Lusaka and District Publicity Association, A J Storey and Osman Adam.
Add A J Storey postcards, Turk Mine, Lonely Mine, Zambesi Mission and a couple of mission ‘people’, some events and more advertising covers!
Added postmarks & post offices beginning with mines.

May 2016

Proof material added for:
- Southern Rhodesia George VI Definitives.
- BSAC Arms
- BSAC Double Heads
- Rhodesia & Nyasaland QEII series.
Rhodesia & Nyasaland 1960’s issues uploaded.
Annual Conference moved to Previous Conferences. Added Annual Conference 2017
Melbourne Exhibition 2017 added.
STAMPEX Autumn 2016 added.
Updated Southern Rhodesia BSAC issue with new printer’s samples and errors.
Adding Events through history.
Added old Auctions for Robson Lowe and Sothebys.
Added Out of Print Publications.

April 2016

An update to the Template used by the website has limited the original design. Currently working on restoring full design including Header.

COLLECT:
- The Graham M Cooper Collection of George VI Issues added.
- June issue of Rhodesian Study Circle journal posted.

EXPLORE:
- Moved Royal Tours into Events to reduce size of the main menu.
- Added BSAC and BCA pages.
- 1897 Arms Issues and 1905 Victoria Falls added.
- 1946 Victory issues added.
ENGAGE:
- Updated details for 2016 Annual Conference
HOME:
- Advertisers widget added: SPINK and John & Mark Taylor added.

March 2016

EXPLORE:
- Work on WWII Victory Issues begun.
- Famous Rhodesians Issue 1 – 9 completed..
- Photos added to Member’s Section.
- Updates to Member Meetings for April – June 2016.
- Added EVENTS to Explore categories.
- 1980 Independence Election added (Zimbabwe)
- Independence issues for Zambia, Malawi and Rhodesia added.
- Printers added – Waterlow & Sons Ltd. Containing proofs, dies, etc.
- BSAC Golden Jubilee added.
- 1935 Silver Jubilee – Southern Rhodesia.
- Adding some posts on Telecommunications issues for Zambia, Southern Rhodesia & Rhodesia including UPU, ITU, Post and Telecoms.
- March RSC Journal added.
- Top Links added to Home to allow easy access to important topics.
- Globe and Phoenix, Penhalonga, Mufulira and Roan Antelope Copper mines added.
- Jumbo Mine added.
ENGAGE:
- Updated Members main page to include pics from social gatherings across the world.
REGIONS:
- Started the first ‘catalogue’ listings for Zambia, Rhodesia & Nyasaland, Southern and Northern Rhodesia, and Rhodesia.

February 2016

We have begun migrating content from our old forum into the website. Please expect some ad-hoc information being added.
EXPLORE:
- Allenwest, Ambassador Hotel, William Bain & Co, South African Tourist Corporation, Kodak, Matabeleland Farmers Co Op, Caltex, London Assurance and South African Canvas Co. added.
- A F Philips & Co added.
- Work has begun on Clark’s Curios/P M Percy and Victor Percy.
- Payne’s Studios Ltd added to Postcards
- Lennon Limited, Smart & Copley, Ellis Allen Ltd and Silver Studio’s added under Postcards/Advertising.
- Postmark section added.
- Post Offices section added.

January 2016

ENGAGE:
- Single sheet competition closed for 23.01.2016
ENGAGE:
- Online subscriptions and online payments now accepted. Order and pay in only two steps with PAYPAL!
EXPLORE:
- Work has begun on new areas of collecting including: Advertising Covers, Airmails, Missions, Royal Tours.
- Work completed on RANA first flight covers between Salisbury>Umtali>Blantyre>Beira.
- Worked completed on Imperial Airways Ltd with 1932 Cape Town to London flights added.
- British United Airways added.
COLLECT:
- BSAC Display taken offline as author is updating content.
- Dealers listing added.
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Feeder Service to Madagascar 1934 – Broken Hill to Madagascar

30th July 2016

Feeder Service to Madagascar 1934

Imperial Airways Ltd/les Services Aeriens de Madagascar

Broken Hill to Tananarive

Broken Hill to Tete

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