Recent Updates

In December, 2015, the Rhodesian Study Circle undertook the task to re-invent itself for the 21st Century collector through various social media platforms such as Facebook, Twitter and a modernised website.

With thousands of images and over 2,600 pages of philatelic items, we are combining philately with the colourful history of Central Africa to help support you in building your collections.

If you have any questions, comments, feedback or information, leave a comment below or Contact Us.

July, 2018

Collect

• Advertising Covers
  • Hans Mehr (Malawi) Ltd added.
  • R.W. Gunson (Seeds) Ltd added.
  • New cover added to Proctors Garage.
  • Coghlan & Welsh added.
  • Zambia Geographical Society added.
• Cinderellas
  • New cover added to RAPT 1972 – Birds of Rhodesia.
  • New cover added to RAPT 1976 – Places of Interest in Rhodesia.
  • New cover added to RAPT 1960 – Christmas Greetings.
• Events
  • New covers added to Royal Visit 1957.
  • New covers added to Royal Visit 1960.
• Government
  • University of Zimbabwe – School of Medicine added.
  • Avondale Village Management Board added.
• Mines
  • New certificated added to Form 10.
  • Rhozambia Mines Ltd added.
• Missions
  • Ipusukilo Mission added.
  • Missionaries of Africa added.
  • Young Christian Workers added.
  • Order 16925 American Board Mission added.
• People
  • New covers added to A.J. Orner.
  • New cover added to R.T. Buck.
  • New cover added to M.A. Tontz.
  • New cover added to W.T. Lawrence.
  • Grossberg, Samuel Solomon added.
  • Dixon, Frederick Rudolph added.
  • Dixon, Madeline Ester added.
  • Torrence, Louise Fleming added.
• Postcards
  • Missionaries of Africa – Northern Rhodesia added.
  • U/9 added to Tokim U Series.
  • RSC 70th Anniversary Type I added.
  • RSC 70th Anniversary Type II added.
• Revenue
  • Salisbury Club added.
• Regions
  • 1992 – Butterflies of Zimbabwe added.
  • 1992 – Birds of Zimbabwe added.
  • 1992 – Edible Mushrooms of Zimbabwe added.
  • 1992 – Animals of Prey added.
  • 1998 – Birds of Zimbabwe added.
  • 1998 – Lesser Known Animals of Zimbabwe added.
  • 1998 – Bees and Beekeeping in Zimbabwe added.
  • 1998 – Fossils of Zimbabwe added.
  • 1991 – Small Mammals of Zimbabwe added.
  • 1991 – Wildfruits of Zimbabwe added.
  • 1991 – Traditional Instruments of Zimbabwe added.
  • 1995 – United Nations 50th Anniversary added.

June, 2018

Engage

• Event
  • StampShow 2018 – Here Be Dragons added.
  • Photos for 1st RSC Continental Europe Meeting added.

Collect

• Publications
  • Article – Early Days in Northern Rhodesia – Gervas Clay
• RSC Publications
  • Postal Sanctions Against Rhodesia 1965 to 1980 – Mike Hughes added.

Explore

• Advertising Covers
  • Rhodesian Publications Ltd added.
  • Premier Silk Bazaar Ltd added.
  • New cover added to Gallo (Africa) Ltd.
  • Ludgates added.
  • The Rhodesia Trading Company added.
  • Imperial Tobacco Company added.
  • Stewarts & Lloyds of South Africa added.
  • Curling & Co Ltd added.
  • Never cover added to Peter Falk.
  • New covers added to South African Canvas Co. Ltd.
  • New cover added to Art Flooring Co. (Pvt) Ltd.
  • New cover added to Grand Hotel Salisbury.
  • Advertising postcard added for E.T. Brown.
• Government
  • 33521-7 – Over-Population = Environmental Chaos added.
  • 418715LL – Rhodesia’s Mineral Resources are the Backbone of Industry. added.
  • 1904 Native Tax Receipt (B.C.A.) added.
  • 1903 Native Tax Receipt (B.C.A.) added.
  • New images added to Hut Tax Tokens.
  • 1925 Native Tax Receipt added.
  • 1921 Native Tax Receipt added.
  • 1917 Native Tax Receipt added.
  • 1916 Native Tax Receipt added.
  • 1915 Native Tax Receipt added.
  • New image added to 1918 Hut Tax.
  • New images added to 1902 Hut Tax.
  • Coopibo added.
  • Save the Children added.
• Mines
  • Beatrice (Rhodesia) Company Ltd added.
• Missions
  • Chishawasha Mission added.
  • New cover added to Dutch Reformed Church.
  • New cover added to Church of Sweden.
• People
  • New cover added to S J Curtis.
  • Tontz, Minne Amelia added.
  • Alvord, Emory Delmont added.
  • Abbott, Donald Knowles added.
  • Lyman, Evelyn May added.
  • Heinrich, John Charles added.
  • Thompson, Mary Elizabeth added.
  • Thompson, William Lamarcus added.
  • Gabriel Ellison added.
  • Haim Galante added
  • Dart, Clara Isabel added.
  • Dart, Francis Sidney added.
• Postcards
  • Society for the Propagation of the Gospel in Foreign Parts added.
  • New cards added to Percy Clark Berlin I – M. Rhodesia.
  • 8 new cards added to Percy Clark Berlin I – Photographer series.
  • Phase 2 of E.T. Brown added (New types I,, IVB, IVC, IVD).
  • New card added to Percy M Clark Berlin I – N.W. Rhodesia.
  • New card added to Percy M Clark – General Series IA – Coloured.
  • New Cameo Series added to Bulawayo Pictorial Postcard Depot.
  • Wilson & Kemp added.
  • E.T. Brown Type IIC added.
  • 107B added to Smart & Copley Plain Back No.Letter Series.
  • V5 added to SAPSCO V Series.
  • 501B added to Smart & Copley Green Crest No.Letter Series.
  • Real Photo Cards – Kodak Ltd added.
  • No.s 300-309 PR (Colour) – Greetings added.
  • New card added to G.B. & Co. Type IVA L (Colour) Series.
  • New cards added to Valentine & Sons R Series.
  • New card added to T.D. Ravenscroft Series II.
  • New card added to Real Photo Card Type ID.
  • New card added to Argus Printing & Publishing Series G.
  • New card added to Argus Printing & Publishing Series F.
• Post Office
  • Bats of Zambia Order Form added.
• Printers
  • Pre-Production
    • Christmas 1987 added.
    • Steam Locomotives added.
    • Hippopotamus added
    • Rotary International 100th Anniversary added.
    • Game Birds of Malawi Definitive Series added.
    • Christmas 1977 added.
    • Transport added.
    • Agricultural Produce added.
    • Amphibians of Zambia added.
    • Remembrance Day added.
    • Zambia Wildlife added.
    • Food and Agricultural Organisation added.
    • Third Definitive Series added.
    • Flowering Trees added.
    • World Soccer Cup Mexico 1986 added.
    • Traditional Masks added.
    • Bats of Zambia added.
    • Commonwealth Day added.
    • 150th Anniversary of Discovery of Victoria Falls by David Livingstone added.
    • Small Carnivores added.
  • Production
    • Steam Locomotives added.
    • Christmas 1977 added.
    • Traditional Heritage added.
    • P.T.A. Trade Fair added.
    • Amphibians of Zambia added.
    • 26th Commonwealth Parliamentary Association Conference
    • Traditional Musical Instruments added.
    • Bats of Zambia added.
  • Presentation
    • Traditional Heritage added.
    • U.N.I.C.E.F. added.
    • P.T.A. Trade Fair added.
    • Amphibians of Zambia added.
    • Discovery of Tubercle Bacillus added.
    • Butterflies of Zambia added.
    • World Telecommunications Day added.
    • Traditional Musical Instruments added.
    • World Soccer Cup Mexico 1986 added.
• Regions
  • 2005 – Rotary International 100th Anniversary added.
  • 1977 – Christmas 1977 added.
  • 1987 – Traditional Heritage added.
  • 1987 – University of Zambia added.
  • 1988 – 1988 Seoul Olympic Games added.
  • 1988 – Endangered Species added.
  • 1988 – 125th Anniversary of the Red Cross Movement added.
  • 1988 – U.N.I.C.E.F. added.
  • 1988 – P.T.A. Trade Fair added.
  • 1988 – International Fund for Agricultural Development added.
  • 1989 – Amphibians of Zambia added.
  • 1980 – Christmas 1980 added.
  • 1980 – Gem Stones added.
  • 1980 – London 1980 added.
  • 1980 – 75th Anniversary Founding of Rotary 1905-1980 added.
  • 1982 – Remembrance Day added.
  • 1982 – World Cup ’82 added.
  • 1982 – Kamuzu Academy added.
  • 1982 – National Parks added.
  • 1981 – Christmas 1981 added.
  • 1981 – Agricultural Produce added.
  • 1981 – International Communications added.
  • 1981 – Wildlife added.
  • 1981 – International Year of the Disable Person added.
  • 1981 – National Tree Day added.
  • 1982 – Rock Paintings added
  • 1982 – Discovery of Tubercle Bacillus 1882 added.
  • 1980 – 75th Anniversary of Rotary (Z) added.
  • 1983 – 1983 World Communications Year
  • 1983 – 30th World Ploughing Contest added.
  • 1983 – First Definitive Issue (Additional Value) added
  • 1983 – Christmas added.
  • 1983 – Zambian Fish added.
  • 1983 – Zambia Wildlife added.
  • 1983 – Flowers of Zambia added.
  • 1983 – Early Steam Engines added.
  • 1982 – 75th Anniversary of Scouting added.
  • 1982 – 75th Anniversary of World Scouting added.
  • 1980 – 50th Anniversary of the Founding of the Catholic Church on the Copperbelt added.
  • 1980 – 26th Commonwealth Parliamentary Association added.
  • 1980 – Butterflies of Zambia added.
  • 1980 – 75th Anniversary of Rotary International added.
  • 1980 – Olympic Games Moscow 1980 added.
  • 1980 – Olympic Games Moscow 1980 (Z) added.
  • 1983 – Fourth Definitive Issue (New Values) added.
  • 1981 – Fourth Definitive Issue (2nd Release) added.
  • 1981 – Fourth Definitive Issue added.
  • 1981 – World Forestry Day added.
  • 1981 – World Telecommunications Day added.
  • 1987 – Food and Agricultural Organisation added.
  • 1991 – Flowering Trees added.
  • 1981 – Traditional Musical Instruments added.
  • 1986 – World Soccer Cup Mexico 1986 added.
  • 1992 – Traditional Masks added.
  • 1989 – Bats of Zambia added.
  • 1983 – Commonwealth Day added.
  • 1983 – Commonwealth Day (Z) added.
  • 1991 – Small Carnivores added.
  • 2006 -150th Anniversary of Discovery of Victoria Falls by David Livingstone added.

Prior Years

• 2018
• 2017
• 2016