1961 – Postage Due
Rhodesia & Nyasaland Government Stationery Office – 606/54/S Details Date of Issue: February, 1955 Dept: Government Stationery Office Reqn.: 606/54/S Printer: P. A. & Co Paper: Quantity: 1,000,000 FB
The Copperbelt Philatelic Society Kitwe The Copperbelt Philatelic Society was established in 1936 and was located in Kitwe, Northern Rhodesia. Two of the more prominent members/officers were Samuel Koslowsky (Sam Kelly) and Neil Hartley. A number of philatelic covers exist from Koslowsky to family members in Latvia, France and Canada between 1935 to c.1965. Koslowsky…
Atelier (Pvt) Ltd Type IC The image description is on the front of the card, middle, and the printer’s description is on one line. FB
Ilo The Pirate 1922-2009 Ilo Alexander Battigelli (1922-2009) was an Italian draftsman who gained his nickname from photographing important moments in the history of the Saudi oil industry while working in Ras Tanura Refinery. Workers in Aramco changed his name and started calling him “Ilo the Pirate” because he had his studio on the beach….
Frederick George Hosking 1890-1968 Frederick George Hosking was born on 1 January 1890 in Johannesburg, South Africa. On 14 December 1929 he married Olive Mazoe Pascoe. They had two sons, Vincent Frank and Rirchard John. Hosking was a commission agent and broker in Salisbury, Southern Rhodesia under the business name of F G Hosking. He…
Rhodesia & Nyasaland 1959 – QEII Pictorial Definitive Series Details Date of Issue: 12th August, 1959 Date Withdrawn: 18th February, 1964 Date Invalidated: 1st September, 1964 Designer: Printer: Waterlow & Sons Ltd (½d, 1d, 2d, 1/- until 1962) De La Rue (½d, 1d, 2d, 1/- from 1962) De La Rue (2½d, 4d, 6d, 2/-, 2/6d)…
