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Shapiro’s Curios Store

Livingstone

 

Shaprio’s Curios Store was based in Livingstone. It was run by M Shapiro.

Postcards

• Type I
• Type II
• Tokim: Shapiro’s Curios Store

Contributors

• Keith Harrop

National War Fund of Southern Rhodesia

 

The National War Fund of Southern Rhodesia was established in February, 1940 to control wartime appearls. The fund was chaired by President Sir Evelyn Barring, Chairman Henry T Low, and Treasurer N F Shillington.

The fund established branches in Salisbury, Gwelo, Bulawayo, Umtali, Hartley, Shabani, Fort Victoria and Que Que.

Funds

• Air Raid Distress Fund

Cinderellas

• Type I – You Can’t Give Too Much

References

• Southern Rhodesia, Past and Present (1945)
• Re-integration of Ex-combatants into Civilian Life: The Case of Southern Rhodesia, 1939-1955.

Malawi

1979 – National Tree Planting Day

Details

• Date of Issue: 21st January, 1979
• Date Withdrawn:
• Date Invalidated:
• Designer: L Curtis
• Printer: House of Questa
• Process: Lithographed
• Paper:
• Watermark: Cockerels
• Perf: 13.5
• Cylinders:
• Sheet:
• Booklet: N/A
• Quantity:

First Day Covers

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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

 

 

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.

Values

• Type II – 3d
• Type II – 6d
• Type II – 1/-
• Type II – 2/-
• Type II – 2/6d
• Type II – 10/-

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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

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.