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The Rhodesian Study Circle

Join our community with a RSC Membership from £17 per year.

All are most welcome – from the novice to the experienced

The RSC brings together around 440 philatelists from around the world interested in the areas of collecting and study.

Join today and/or renew. For member’s benefits that include:

At least four issues each year of the award-winning Journal of the Rhodesian Study Circle.
Expert written Memoirs.
A vast array of research resources via RSC Publications
Invitations to regional meetings in Africa, Europe, North America, Oceania and UK. Virtual meetings take place at least once a month.
Invitations to the Annual Conference.
Exclusive Philatelic Competitions
Exclusive Postal auctions, and
Exchange packets (UK only).

View the 2026 entries and results for the RSC Annual Competitions.
There are meetings (virtual and in-person) planned; all (members and visitors) are most welcome. Please visit the website as there are regular updates.

The Index for the Journal (Topic or Author) – from 1948 to 2025 (Vols. 1-309) is now available on this website. (Updated December, 2025). This is an amazing resource for research! Our thanks to Geoff Brakspear.

Our Memoirs are available through our Publications Officer. The most recent are: Memoir 46: Quitrents of Southern Rhodesia 1894 to 1934 by Geoff Brakspear in collaboration with Adrian de Bourbon and Christopher Cooksey (January, 2026) and Memoir 45: Skeleton / Relief Cancels of Southern Rhodesia by Sean Burke and Tony Banks (September, 2025). Now available.
Remember that certain Memoirs are published only on this website and are ‘dynamic’ publications – constantly being revised and updated. They were last updated in December, 2025. They can be downloaded for free. These are:
Memoir 38: The ENCYCLOPAEDIA OF RHODESIA & ZIMBABWE STAMPS 1964–2024 by Geoff Brakspear
Memoir 39: The ENCYCLOPAEDIA OF FEDERATION OF RHODESIA & NYASALAND POSTAGE STAMPS – 1954-1963 by Geoff Brakspear
Memoir 40: The 1953 Southern Rhodesia Issues by Geoff Brakspear
Memoir 41: Double Heads: The Bi-coloured Values by Stephen Reah-Johnson & Simon Hensman
Memoir 44: ENCYCLOPAEDIA OF THE SOUTHERN RHODESIA KING GEORGE ISSUES 1937-1953 by Geoff Brakspear.

Updated (August, 2026): The Mining Certificates of the British South Africa Company – Christopher Cooksey
Through the efforts of Geoff Brakspear, we have revised and updated (April, 2026) Memoirs 38, 39, 40 and 44. Links to these memoirs appear above.
(Revised) Postal Establishments of Zimbabwe 1980-2025. In January 2026, thanks to the combined efforts of several RSC members, a list of Zimbabwe postal establishments was shared on the website. Members of the RSC have provided feedback, and we can now propose a first revision (March, 2026) of the 1980-2025 checklist; amendments will continue to be made as and when new information becomes available.
We have created a new section on our website where we will place selected presentations from RSC Virtual and other Meetings including the Conference which we believe are important resources for collectors now and in the future. They may be cross referenced with other pages on the website. Included in these are some presentations from the 2025 RSC Conference.
We are redeveloping the pages on this website concerned with the iconic Double Head Issue and have added sections on:

The 1d Rhodesia Double Head
Plating & Positioning of the 1d Double Head (Updated August, 2023)
Rhodesia: The Bi-Coloured Double Heads, Edition XI: (Revised 10 November, 2021) by Major David C. Underwood and Stephen Reah-Johnson, Edited by Alan Hanks & Simon Hensman
The 1924 Double Head ‘Remainders’ (CTO’s) Updated August, 2026