1955 – 1954 QEII Definitive Series (Booklet)
Mardon Printers (Pvt) Ltd Type IVA – Rhodesia Railways Ltd
A M Badat & Co Lusaka A.M. Badat & Co. was founded in South Africa in 1908. Badat was a general trader. They eventually became wholesale merchant specialists in ladies, gents and children’s shoes and all types of clothing, hosiery and household goods. The business continues to trade today. FB
British Overseas Airways Corporation 1957 – First Britannia Regular Service (Johannesburg to London) From South Africa to Southern Rhodesia From Southern Rhodesia to Italy From Southern Rhodesia to London From Southern Rhodesia to Sudan FB
The Salvation Army Bradley Institute The Bradley Institute was founded in 1926 by Major James and Captain Bennett of the Salvation Army. It is located near the village of Madziwa, Mashonaland Central Province, about 100 km northwest of Salisbury (Harare) and 32 km north of Shamva. A central boarding school was soon opened for boys;…
Central African Jamboree 4th – 11th May, 1959 The 1959 Central Africa Jamboree was held at Ruwa Park, Southern Rhodesia. Ruwa Park was the camping and training headquarters of the Mashonaland Province of Southern Rhodesia. The camp was divided into four sub-camps; Victoria Falls, Matopos, Zimbabwe and Kariba. The headquarters camp was named Birney after the…
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….
