Packaging and Printing Industries (Pvt) Ltd

Packaging and Printing Industries (Pvt) Ltd

Bulawayo/Salisbury

Packaging and Printing Industries (Pvt) Ltd (P.P.I) were one of Rhodesia’s largest postcard publishers. From 1965 all their colour work was done by the Salisbury photo engraving company, Linforth & Robinson (Pvt) Ltd.

By 1967 they were producing nearly 90% of all post cards sold in Rhodesia. By c.1969 they became the Pictorial Publishing Co. (Pvt) Ltd. In the early 1970’s they were printing as P.P.I. Spicers (Pvt) Ltd and by the mid 1980’s were a division of Art Printers.

Letter Cards

• L.C.1

Postcards

• Type I
• Type IA
• Type IB
• Type IC
• Type II – Tour Rhodesia & Nyasaland
• Type IIA – Tour Rhodesia & Nyasaland
• Type III
• Type IIIA – Troutbeck Inn
• Type IIIB – Jameson Hotel
• Type IVA (Bulawayo)
• Type IVB (Salisbury)
• Type IVC (Bulawayo & Salisbury)
• Green Banner
  • Type V
  • Type VI
  • Type VIA (numbered)
• Black Banner
  • Type VII
  • Type VIIA

References

• The Herald March, 2017

Contributors

• Keith Harrop
• Walter Herdzik
• Geoff Brakspear

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