1957 – First Britannia Regular Service (Johannesburg to London)
Commemorative Covers 1963 – World Tobacco Congress
Darter Bros & Co Type I The photos in this release were taken by E Peters. FB
The Manica Trading Company Ltd The Manica Trading Company Ltd was founded in Beira, Portuguese East Africa in 1890 by Julius Alston and Joseph Van Praagh. With its base in Beira, a branch was established at Old Umtali, Rhodeisa. In 1892, the company was floated. Operations were carried on as General Merchants, Importers and Agents…
E. T. Brown Type IVA – Mountain Lodge – Vumba – Southern Rhodesia
Shell Company of Rhodesia Ltd Cape Town The Shell Company of Rhodesia Ltd was a marketing member of the Royal Dutch Shell Group, originally obtaining its supplies from Iran and shipping from Abadan in the Persian Gulf. Fuel oil was sourced from the Dutch East Indies and also Iran. Additionally, the company also supplied bitumen…
Salisbury Attains City Status 3rd May, 1935 On 3rd May, 1935 the Municipality of Salisbury attained city status and became the City of Salisbury. The move from municipality to city was in reaction to the Land Apportionment Act of 1930 which gave the white minority nearly half the nation’s land and created tribal trust lands…
