First Day Covers – Northern Rhodesia
Lusaka Achieves City Status 9 September 1960 On 9th September, 1960, Lusaka obtained city status. Lusaka became the capital of Northern Rhodesia in 1935. In this year, the colonial administration decided to move the capital from Livingstone in the Southern Province, to a more centrally located area. Lusaka derives its name from a headman Lusaaka, who…
Mufulira Copper Mines Ltd Mufulira Exploitation of the Mufulira property began in 1929 but was severely handicapped by the financial depression. Early in February, 1930, the Rhodesian Selection Trust, the British South Africa Company and the Bwana Mkubwa company agreed to sell the Mufulira Special Grant to Mufulira Copper Mines Ltd which incorporated 2nd March,…
Gabriel Ellison 1930-2017 Gabriel Ellison was born in Lusaka, Zambia in 1930 and was the designer of many of the country’s postage stamps after Northern Rhodesia was granted independence in 1964. Ellison worked mainly with oils, acrylics, watercolours, tempera and in three dimension form. When doing sculpture she used resin bronze and terracotta. At the time…
C. W. George First Day Covers – Nyasaland 1949 – 75th Anniversary of the U.P.U.
Johnson & Fletcher Ltd. Bulawayo In 1897 Harold Clarkson Fletcher (1869-1950) and George Johnson (1869-1947) opened a consulting and general engineering business in Southern Rhodesia, under the name Johnson & Fletcher, with branches in Bulawayo, Salisbury and Beira. The business began by supplying parts and equipment to the gold mining companies. George Johnson was personally responsible for…
J Stephen First Day Covers – Northern Rhodesia 1937 – Coronation
