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 nearly 4,600 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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November

Engage

• Member Events
  • 39th F.I.A.P. International Stamp and Coin Exhibition added.
  • Annual Conference 2020 – details updated.

Collect

• Dealers
  • Reviewed. Dead website links removed.
• Online Resources
  • History Society of Zimbabwe added.
  • Exploring Stamps – Best Stamp Collecing Tongs/Tweezers
• RSC Publications
  • Aerogrammes of British Central Africa added.
  • RSC Journal – No.276 December added.
• Publications
  • Early Mashonaland Mail Eastern Route – Dave Collis added.
  • Les Congolatres No.42 (PDF) added.
  • Thin Red Line : Tuli to Salisbury – Dave Collis added.

Explore

• Airmail
  • 1934 – First Mail Service to Australia & New Zealand (To Australia) – No.30450 & No.5773 added.
• Advertising Covers
  • A J Storey – new cover added.
  • African Fine Art & Book Co added.
  • Beira & Mashonaland Railways Co Ltd – new cover added.
  • Beira & Mashonaland and Rhodesia Railways Co Ltd – new cover added.
  • British Overseas Airways Corporation – new cover added.
  • Buluwayo Board of Executors & Trust Co Ltd – new cover added.
  • Carlton Hotel – new cover added.
  • Central African Airways – new cover added.
  • Charles Stewart Day Old Chicks (PVT) Ltd – new covers added.
  • Den of Antiquity added.
  • Edward Watson Ltd added.
  • Gilbert Stephenson added.
  • Globe Agencies & Distributors Co added.
  • Grey’s Inn added.
  • Gwyn-Moyra Florists added.
  • Halls Garage – new cover added.
  • Henderson & Marsh Safaris added.
  • H. M. Barbour – new cover added.
  • Hodgson & Myburgh Ltd – new cover added.
  • Imperial Airways Ltd – new cover added.
  • J Bernet added.
  • Kingstons Ltd added.
  • L F Moore – new cover added.
  • Laurence & Cope added.
  • Lawrence Waugh & Co added.
  • Lennon Ltd – new cover added.
  • Maison Lentin Ltd added.
  • Moni Bookshop – new cover added.
  • Mufulira Copper Mines Ltd – new cover added.
  • Netherlands Bank of Rhodesia – new cover added.
  • Ohlsson’s Cape Breweries Ltd added.
  • Rhodesia Sugar Refinery Ltd added.
  • Rhodes Inyanga Hotel added.
  • Sheraton Harare Hotel – new cover added.
  • Soper’s Curious – new cover added.
  • South African Breweries Ltd added.
  • Southern Sun Hotel Corporation (Pty) Ltd added.
  • Vacuum Oil Company of South Africa Ltd added.
  • Wilson & Morgan added.
• Events
  • 1935 – King George V Birthday Anniversary – last day cover added.
  • 1953 – Madagascar Pavilion Coronation Cover – No.20 added.
  • 1971 – Petrol Rationing Ends added.
  • 1978 – 21st Jamboree on the Air added.
  • 1978 – 10th Anniversary of the Raising of the Flag added.
  • 1978 – 50th Anniversary of the Chancellor Cup added.
  • 1979 – 70th Anniversary of Boy Scouts Association added.
  • 1979 – Lancaster House Agreement added.
  • 1979 – Swearing-in of the first Majority Rule Government added.
  • 1979 – Royal Tour of South Africa added.
  • 1979 – First Hosting of the National Flag of Zimbabwe Rhodesia added.
  • 1979 – Opening of the First Zimbabwe Rhodesia Parliament added.
  • 1979 – Last Day of Rhodesian Flag added.
  • 1979 – Founders Day added.
  • 1979 – Last Day of Posting added.
  • 1979 – Rhodes Day added.
  • 1979 – First Day of Zimbabwe-Rhodesia added.
  • 1979 – Ceasefire Agreement added.
  • 1979 – Direct British Rule in Rhodesia added.
  • 1984 – First Plenipotentiary Conference of PAPU added.
  • 1988 – ILO – Seventh Annual Regional Conference added.
• Government
  • 1926 Defence Act added.
  • 1940 National Services (Armed Forces) Act added.
  • Bulawayo Public Library added.
  • Commercial Bank Zambia Ltd added.
  • City of Salisbury – new cover added.
  • Department of Geological Survey (Rhodesia) added.
  • Department of Lands – No.7892 added to Quitrent Receipt Type II
  • Department of Land Settlement (B.S.A.C.) added.
  • Department of Mines added.
  • Department of the Prime Minister (Rhodesia) added.
  • Department of Public Relations (Nyasaland) added.
  • Government Stationery – Item 2 added to 271/35/S
  • Land Settlement Board (B.S.A.C.) added.
  • Mazoe Citrus Estates – new cover added.
  • Mines Office – No.1261 & 9515 added to Form 7.
  • Southern Rhodesian Publicity Association added.
  • Southern Rhodesia State Lotteries added.
• Military
  • British Empire Service League added.
  • Hartley Temporary Camp added.
  • Internment Camp No.1 (General) – new marking & cover added.
  • Internment Camp No.2 (Tanganyika) – new cover added.
  • Internment Camp No.3 (Gatooma) – new marking & cover added.
  • Internment Camp No.4 (Umvuma) – new marking & cover added.
  • Internment Camp No.5 (Fort Victoria) – new marking & cover added.
  • Norton Camp – new cover added.
  • Rusape Polish Refugee Settlement added.
• Mines
  • Alaska Mine added.
  • Amalgamated Properties of Rhodesia Ltd added.
  • Amalgamated Properties of Rhodesia (1913) Ltd added.
  • Antenior (Matabele) Gold Mines Ltd added.
  • Ayshire Gold Mine Ltd added.
  • Blue Gum Mine added.
  • Clarks Consolidated Ltd added.
  • East Gwanda Mines Ltd added.
  • Forbes Rhodesia Syndicate Ltd added.
  • Holton Land and Mining Co Ltd added.
  • Legion Mine added.
  • Mashonaland Agency Ltd added.
  • Mashonaland Consolidated Ltd added.
  • Mashonaland Consolidated (1909) Ltd added.
  • Mashonaland Consolidated (1912) Ltd added.
  • Mayo (Rhodesia) Development Co Ltd added.
  • Queen’s Mine added.
  • Rhodesia Matabeleland and Development Co Ltd added.
  • Rhodesia Exploration and Development Co Ltd added.
  • Rhodesian Gold Trust Ltd added.
  • Rhodesian Mining and Finance Co Ltd added.
  • Rhokana Corporation Ltd added.
  • Rose of Sharon and Shamrock Gold Mines Ltd added.
  • Umtali Syndicate Ltd added.
  • West Nicholson Gold Mining Co Ltd added.
  • West Nicholson Mine added.
• Missions
  • Boys’ Brigade – new cover added.
  • Fairfield Girls School – new cover added.
  • Freemasons: Grand Lodge – new cover added.
  • Glendale Mission added.
  • Msengedzi Mission – new cover added.
  • Mtshabezi Mission – new cover added.
  • Nyakatsapa Mission – new cover added.
  • Rusitu Mission – new cover added.
  • Seventh-Day Adventist Church – General Conference added.
  • South-East African Union Mission Field – new cover added.
  • Zambezi Union Mission – new cover added.
• People
  • Buck, Theresa Robinson – new cover added.
  • Falk, Peter – multiple new covers added.
  • Fuller, C C – new cover added.
  • Marsh, John Sawyer – new cover added.
  • Orner, Arthur J – new cover added.
  • Pedrotti, Louis added.
• Postcards
  • A J Storey – new card added to B.C.A. Type I
  • African Publications Association Pty Ltd added.
  • African Lakes Corporation Limited – new cards added to Type I.
  • African Lakes Corporation Limited – new cards added to Type II.
  • African Lakes Corporation Limited – Type IIIA added.
  • African Lakes Corporation Limited – Type IVA added.
  • Atelier (Pvt) Ltd – new card added to Type IB
  • Braune & Levy – No.1398 added.
  • Central Africana Ltd– new card added to Type IX
  • Central Bookshop – new card added to Type I
  • Clark’s Curio Store – Type IA added.
  • Commercial Hotel added.
  • Gottschalk, Dreyfuss & Davis Co Ltd (GD & DL) added.
  • Hallis & Co – 213439 added to Green 213000 Series
  • Hallis & Co – new cards added to Brown Embossed.
  • Howard Timmins (Pty) Ltd – new card added to Type I
  • Igogo-Karibu Ranch added.
  • J M Mein – new card added to Tucks.
  • Jafta Cards added.
  • John Hamlin – P-48 added to Type I – P Series (1-50)
  • Kingstons North Ltd – new cover added to Type I
  • Leopard Rock Hotel added.
  • Leopard Rock Hotel – Type II added.
  • Mardon Printers (Pvt) Ltd – new card added to Victoria Falls Hotel (Black)
  • Mason’s Alpha Series – Type IA – VF Series added.
  • Mason’s Alpha Series – VF10 added to Type I – VF Series.
  • Meikle’s Hotel – Type III added.
  • Montclair Hotel added.
  • Norman Carr’s Wilderness Trails added.
  • Nyasaland Pharmacies – new cards added to Type I (A Series)
  • Nyasaland Pharmacies – B5 added to Type I (B Series)
  • Nyasaland – Public Relations Office – Type I added.
  • Palm Beach Inn added.
  • Percy M Clark – No.3 added to A.R.P.S. Type I.
  • PhotoSafari (Pvt) Ltd – new card added to Type IA
  • PhotoSafari (Pvt) Ltd – 406 added to Type IIC.
  • PhotoSafari (Pvt) Ltd – new cards added to Type IIE
  • Pictorial Publishing Co. (PVT) Ltd – new card added to Type VB
  • Pictorial Publishing Co. (PVT) Ltd – No.138 added to Type II
  • Print-Ad Products Pty Ltd – PS26 added to Type I – Salisbury Publicity Association
  • R A Bourlay – No.28 & No.35 added to Veld Life PS Series – Type II
  • Real Photo Cards – new card added to Type 04
  • Real Photo Cards – new card added to Type 0PC2
  • Real Photo Cards – Type 0PC4A added.
  • Real Photo Cards – Type 0PC5 added.
  • Real Photo Cards – new card added to South Africa General IIA
  • Real Photo Cards – new card added to Type VIIIi
  • Rhodesian National Tourist Board – new card added to Type I
  • R O Fuesslein – 6300 Series I added.
  • SAPSCO – 0’648 added to Series 0’600 – Greetings
  • SAPSCO – O-762 added to O-700 Series – Type IVEA
  • SAPSCO – B.489.A added to B400.A – Type IVEA
  • SAPSCO – K.896 added to Series K800 – Type IVE
  • SAPSCO – R.127 added to Series R.100 – Real Photo Type IVE
  • SAPSCO – R.122 added to Series R.100 – Real Photo Type IID
  • SAPSCO – new card added to V Series – K Ltd Type I
  • Shoesmith & Etheridge Ltd added.
  • Tokim – B/20 added to B Series Bulawayo (Colour)
  • Valentine & Sons Ltd – EX.154 added to M Series
• Post Offices
  • Alaska Mine added.
  • Blue Gum Mine added.
  • Legion Mine added.
• Regions
  • American Topical Association added.
  • Royal Philatelic Society – No.473 & No.261 1940 BSAC cover added

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