1932 – First Regular Mail Service to Cape Town (From Bulawayo)
First Regular Mail Service to Cape Town
From Bulawayo
Southern Rhodesia Department of Public Health Details Date of Issue: 19 March 1952 Dept: Public Health Reqn.: 4332 Printer: Government Printing & Stationery Paper: Quantity: 100,000 FB
Interflora Johannesburg Interflora is the world’s largest, most recognized and respected flower delivery service. Supported by a network of over 40,000 florists worldwide, they deliver to approximately 140 countries, including South Africa. In 1920 a florist, Joe Dobson, of Leighton’s Seedsmen and Florists in Glasgow, and a nurseryman, Carl Englemann in Essex were looking to increase…
Civil Censorship Southern Rhodesia (DE/2) FB
Thomas Cook & Son Thomas Cook & Son, originally simply Thomas Cook, was a company founded by Thomas Cook, a cabinet-maker, in 1841 to carry temperance supporters by railway between the cities of Leicester, Nottingham, Derby and Birmingham. In 1924, the company was renamed Thomas Cook & Son Ltd., after acquiring limited liability status. A new headquarters was opened in Berkeley Street, London in…
McCorquodale & Co., Ltd London McCorquodale & Co., Ltd was established in 1868 by George McCorquodale as a printing company in Wolverton, Milton Keynes, printing postcards and posters. In 2005, the company re-invented itself when it merged with another printing company and continues to trade today. Postcards Bromide Type I Bromide Type II Bromide – Imperial Institute…
The American Board Mission Recent graduates of Williams College created the “American Board Mission” (ABM or “American Board) in 1810 with the goal of spreading Christianity worldwide – or in the language of its time – “to evangelize the heathen in foreign lands.” It was the first organized mission society in the United States and…