1952 – First Flight (Johannesburg to London)
Southern Rhodesia Air Service Southern Rhodesia Air Service (SRAS) was found January 1st, 1940. On February 1st, Rhodesia and Nyasaland Airways (RANA) was absorbed as an airline and communications squadron of the Southern Rhodesia Air Force. The routes operated by RANA were continued by SRAS. In June 1945, the Southern Rhodesia Air Minister announced that…
Samuel Koslowsky Samuel Koslowsky (Sam Kelly) was a Jewish man born in Latvia. When he immigrated to Northern Rhodesia, he started working as a salesman for Sid Diamond’s Standard Trading Company. Eventually, he went into the business of road transportation with Meir Rosenblatt. He eventually established a menswear business in Kitwe. Kelly was an…
Northern Rhodesia Registrar of Mining Titles – Certificate of Abandonment (I) FB
Wallace & Sons Bulawayo Wallace & Sons were representatives based in Bulawayo. Originally based in the the Grand Hotel Buildings, on 1 May 1937 they moved to Abercorn Street. Contributors James Gavin FB
George VI Coronation The coronation of George VI and Elizabeth Bowes-Lyon as King and Queen of the United Kingdom and the Dominions of the British Commonwealth and as Emperor and Empress of India took place at Westminster Abbey, London, on 12 May 1937. George VI ascended the throne upon the abdication of his brother, Edward VIII, on 11 December 1936, three days before his 41st birthday. Edward’s coronation had been planned for 12th May 1937 and…
African Collector’s Exchange First Day Covers – Northern Rhodesia 1946 – Victory Issue
