Postal Routes
Postal Routes, Post Offices and Postal Agencies
This section of the website is under construction. Some of the material also relates to POSTMARKS. Regular additions and updates will take place over the next few years. There is, however, a wealth of resources that are already available:
A. If you use the SEARCH OUR WEBSITE section on each page of the website there are references to the various postal routes. It is, however, difficult to navigate, hence this task of renovation.
B. There is also a significant body of information on postmarks to be found in our Journals stretching back nearly 75 years. You can source this information via the updated Journal Index by Topic which can be found on the website.
C. There are a number of publications that can assist you in this area including:
- The Postal History of Southern Rhodesia by E.B. Proud
- The Postal History of Northern Rhodesia by E.B. Proud
- The Postal History of Nyasaland by E.B. Proud
- Knight & Mitchell – Post Marks, Postal Routes and Principal Postage Rates of Southern Rhodesia to 1924
- Byrom D., – Zimbabwe Post Offices 1980
D. Archival documents and Research from the late Dave Collis (available for downloading). There are many, many such documents and maps. We will add them gradually to the website:
- Southern Rhodesia Eastern Route Map I 1890 to 1892
- Southern Rhodesia Eastern Route Map II 1892 to 1896
- The Eastern Route Umtali and Beyond Part 1 Pioneering Days
- The Eastern Route Umtali and Beyond Part 2 The Contract Period
- Mashonaland via Khamas Country Part 1 – Up to Macloutsie
- Mashonaland via Khamas Country Part 2 – Macloutsie to Tuli the missing link
- Map Mashonaland via Khamas Country
- Mashonaland via the Transvaal – Pretoria to Tuli
- Matabeleland via the Transvaal Pitersburg to Bulawayo
- Matipis Map, Mashonaland
- Matipis
- The Police Post Office Stations 1890 to 1891 and Post Offices and Agencies of the Selous Road 1892 to 1900
- Gazaland Mails 1893 to 1900
- Mashonaland Rural Posts – the Gazaland Settlements: Melsetter, Mount Selinda, Rocklands and Steynstroom
- Marandellas
- Orawati
- Ballyhooly
- Laurencedale
- Headlands
- Bromley
- Odzi
- Lesapi (Rusape)
- Gwanda Matabeleland
- Sebungwe The Ultimate Outpost Shortcup to the Batoka Plateau