Animals of Rhodesia
Benson and Hedges: Stamps of Quality Exhibition 24 May 1977 A stamp exhibition was held at H. M. Barbours, Salisbury and was hosted by Benson and Hedges. Commemorative Covers
Iron Mine Hill Gwelo District – Rhodesia/Southern Rhodeia There were two post offices called Iron Mine Hill. One office was located at the mine run adjacent to where the miners smelted ore, and the second was at a railway siding, run by a storekeeper Mr J Picken (later turned farmer). The two post offices were approximately…
Memoir 38: Encyclopaedia of Rhodesian and Zimbabwean Postage Stamps Since 1964 The RSC was approached by the RSC Zimbabwe Group, with the Mashonaland Philatelic Society, to undertake an update of the Mashonaland Guide to Rhodesia’s Postage Stamps. In discussion with the Zimbabweans, I suggested that we need to go much further than what was achieved…
Post Offices I Inez Mine Iron Mine Hill J Joker Mine 267 – Jumbo Mine K Killarney Mine L 293 – Legion Mine 305 – Lonely Mine M Macheke 319 – Magwegwe Mashaba Motapa Mine 383 – Mount Selinda Mazoe N Nil Desperandum Mine O Odzi P
Bembesi Bubi District Bembesi was the site of the most decisive battle of the Matabele War. On 1st November, 1893, a battle was fought between the Matabele Warriors (Ndebele), under the leadership of Lobengula, and the British forces, under the command of Major Patrick Forbes. Lobengula fled after the defeat at Bembesi but not…
London and Rhodesian Mining & Land Co Ltd Salisbury The London and Rhodesian Mining & Land Co Ltd (Lonrho) was incorporated in 1909. The business began in Rhodesia as mainly a mining and agricultural business. By the 1960’s the company was struggling. In 1961, Roland Rowlands took on a strategy to transform the company into…
