Art Craft: First Day Covers – Nyasaland
Art Craft
First Day Covers – Nyasaland
Halls Garage Blantyre Hall’s Holdings Limited was established by Aubrey Victoria Hall (d.1955). Hall arrived in Nyasaland from Great Britain in 1923 in the service of the Central African Transport Company. Ten years later, he opened Hall’s Garage, which sold and serviced cars; this business developed into a larger enterprise, Hall’s Holding Ltd., which, by…
Raphael Tuck & Sons, Ltd. African Lakes Corporation Ltd – Nyasaland Mandala P.C. This series was produced for the African Lakes Corporation Ltd. This was produced in a set of six. The earliest date of use by Tucks Database, is 07/05/1928. FB
ACE Cover Service First Day Covers – Rhodesia 1965 – International Telecommunication Union Centenary
Arnold C Waterfall 1914-1990 Arnold Cartwright Waterfall was a philatelist who was a specialist in the stamps of Tibet. He wrote extensively on the subject and his articles appeared in Gibbons Stamp Monthly, the China Clipper, the Collectors’ Club Philatelist, the China Philatelic Society Bulletin and The Philatelist. His The postal history of Tibet was written after thirty years of personal research and included the information…
Tobacco Auctions (Nyasaland) Ltd Limbe In 1937, the Native Tobacco Board (NTB) reached an agreement with the settler-run Nyasaland Tobacco Association to institute an auction system similar to what was introduced in Southern Rhodesia in 1936. Tobacco was taken to the auction floors of the newly developed company, Tobacco Auctions (Nyasaland) Ltd in Limbe,…
Hassam Janmahomed Bros Ltd Limbe Hassam Janmahomed was a wholesale business owned by a wealthy Muslim-Indian named Omar Hassam Janmahomed. Omar financed one of the first Muslim-Indian primary schools in Limbe and in 1951, the business donated funds to establish a Nyasaland Museum. References The Nyasaland Journal Vol. 4, No. 2 (July, 1951) Contributors…