Recent Updates

Since December, 2015, the Rhodesian Study Circle has transitioned itself from an established philatelic society to one catered for the 21st Century collector. With thousands of images and over 5,500 pages of philatelic items, we are combining philately with the colourful history of Central Africa to help support you in building your collections.

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May

A few menu options under EXPLORE have changed to better reflect the contents.

• Advertising Covers is now Business (now including business revenue documents/business cinderellas)
• Airmail is now Transport (now including sea & rail travel)
• Missions is now Religion (to reflect religious institutions/general religions etc)
• Post Offices & Postmarks is now Postal Services

Content listing here.

Engage

• Member Events
  • Mayflower 400 cancelled.
• Member Meetings
  • Virtual Meetings – Kariba book launch added.

Collect

• Auctions
  • Spink – The Lionheart Collection of British Commonwealth Part XII added.
• Publications
  • Kariba – Legacy of a Vision by Jonathan Waters added.
  • RSC Journal – No.279 added.

Explore

• Advertising Covers
  • Companhia da Zambezia added.
  • F G Hosking added.
  • Hwange Safari Lodge added.
  • Joan the Florist Ltd added.
  • Rhodesian Wattle Co. Ltd. – new cover added.
  • Troutbeck Inn – new cover added.
  • Webb, Low & Barry added.
• Airmail
  • 1931 Christmas Mail Experimental Flight – (From Mazoe to Cape Town) added.
• Cinderellas
  • St John’s Ambulance – new cover added to Christmas 1948
  • Company of Mary – Au Profit des Missions Montfortaines
  • Daughters of Wisdom – Au Profit des Missions Montfortaines added.
  • RAPT – new cover added to 1977 – Animals of Rhodesia
• Government
  • Office of Mines – No.26 added to Form 11
  • Mazoe Citrus Estates – new cover added.
• Missions
  • Archdiocese of Lusaka added.
  • Apostolic Vicariate of Shire added.
  • Central Africa Mission Evangelistic Literature Service added.
  • Chikore Mission – new covers added.
  • Daughters of Wisdom added.
  • Diocese of Hwange added.
  • Evangelical Bible School added
  • Holy Family Parish added.
  • Howard Institute added.
  • Hunyani Mission added.
  • Kutama Mission added.
  • Margaretha Hugo School for the Blind added.
  • Marist Brothers added.
  • Mashoko Mission – new cover added.
  • Mpiri Mission added.
  • Mtoko Mission added.
  • Mtshabezi Mission – new cover.
  • Namwianga Mission added.
  • Old Umtali Mission – new covers added.
  • Old Umtali Mission – Theological School added.
  • Paris Evangelical Missionary Society – new cover added.
  • Sanyati Baptist Mission – new cover added.
  • Sinde Mission – new cover added.
  • Scripture Union of Malawi added.
  • Usher Institute added.
  • Zambezi Union Mission – new cover added.
  • Zimuto Mission added.
• People
  • Cedarholms – new cover added.
  • Dart, Francis Sidney – new cover added.
  • Fleming, Andrew Milroy added.
  • Forrestall, Peter added.
  • Gates, Robert C added.
  • Hosking, Frederick George added.
  • Marsh, John Sawyer – new cover added.
  • Parmenter, Ona M added.
  • Tontz, Minnie Amelia -new cover added.
  • Winkleman, Louis added.
• Photographs
  • SAPSCO – Photo Scraps No.4 added
• Postcards
  • A J Storey – Real Photo Card (Type 3G) added.
  • A J Storey – Real Photo Card (Type 3G – White Border) added.
  • A J Storey – Real Photo Card Type 4AB added.
  • A J Storey – Real Photo Card (Type 4AB – White Border) added.
  • A J Storey – Type IX (Greetings) added.
  • A J Storey – multiple new cards added to Type VII
  • Bulawayo Pictorial Postcard Depot – new card added to Pre-Paid Postage Series
  • Central Africana Ltd – new card added to Type IV
  • Central Africana Ltd – new card added to Type V
  • Central Africana Ltd – new card added to Type IX
  • Company of Mary – Album-Souvenir – Missions d’Afrique II added.
  • Company of Mary – Album-Souvenir – Missions d’Afrique III added.
  • E Peters – No.121 added to Type IA – Coloured (100-149)
  • G.W. Wilson & Co., Ltd – new card added to G.W.W. Type IVA
  • Hallis & Co –  New card added to Red – South Africa (B&W)
  • Malik Agamemmon added.
  • Modus Publications (Pvt) Ltd – mulitple new cards added to Type I – A Series
  • Modus Publications (Pvt) Ltd – multiple new cards added to Type I – B Series
  • Modus Publications (Pvt) Ltd – multiple new cards added to Type I – C Series
  • Modus Publications (Pvt) Ltd – new card added to Type IIA
  • P M Clark – General Series IA – Printed in England added.
  • P M Clark – No.8 added to F.R.G.S. Type II
  • P.P.I (Pvt) Ltd – new card added to Type V (Green Banner)
  • P.P.I (Pvt) Ltd – No.8 added to Type IB
  • Peter Pindak added.
  • PhotoSafari (Pvt) Ltd – new card added to Type IA
  • PhotoSafari (Pvt) Ltd – 30-02 & 99-02 added to Type IIE
  • SAPSCO – E.944 added to Type 4E (Series E.900)
  • SAPSCO – B.61x added to Series B600 – Real Photo Type IVEA
  • SAPSCO – B.595 added to Series B500 – Real Photo Type IVE
  • SAPSCO – N100 series corrected. Greetings split.
  • SAPSCO – Series F.400 added to Real Photo Type IIE.
  • SAPSCO – Series O.400 – Real Photo Type IVEA added.
  • SMART & Copley – new card added to Christmas Greetings
  • Tourist Promotion in Africa (Pvt) Ltd – V/106 added to Type IIA – V Series
  • Tourist Promotion in Africa (Pvt) Ltd – Type IIA – B1 Series added.
  • Tourist Promotion in Africa (Pvt) Ltd – Type IIA – K Series added.
  • Valentine & Sons Ltd – new card added to 29-1 Type I
  • Zambia Printing Company – new card added to Type I

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