ACE Cover Service: First Day Covers – Rhodesia & Nyasaland
ACE Cover Service
First Day Covers – Rhodesia & Nyasaland
Barclays Bank Northern Rhodesia – Mufulira
Dutch Reformed Church Morgenster Mission Dutch Reformed Church (DRC) missionary, Andries Adriaan Louw, established DRC’s first mission station in Southern Rhodesia at Morgenster in 1891. Despite poor health and not yet being ordained, Louw was the only one to answer the call for missionaries by Reverend S.P. Helm following Helm’s exploratory trip to Mashonaland the…
The London Assurance First Day Covers – Rhodesia & Nyasaland 1963 – Red Cross Centenary 1963 – World Council of Young Men’s Services Clubs 1963 – World Tobacco Congress 1962 – 30th Anniversary of London Rhodesia Airmail Service 1960 – Opening of Kariba Dam & Royal Visit 1955 – Centenary of Discovery of Victoria Falls…
American Board Mission Mount Selinda The American Board Mission (ABM or American Board) opened its first mission in Southern Rhodesia (Zimbabwe) in 1893. Two years earlier, ABM missionaries Rev. Wilcox and Dr. W.L. Thompson were on an exploratory trip from South Africa. As fate would have it, on the boat to Beira, Portuguese East Africa…
Howard Institute Howard Hospital A medical clinic with 15 beds was established at Howard Institute in 1928 by Adjutant Agatha Battersby, who had prior experience running a dispensary in South Africa. By 1930, under the leadership of S.R.N Mary I. Ryan, the clinic was treating nearly 2,000 out-patients. In 1939, Adjutant Isabel Sloman began a…
Salisbury & District Publicity Association Type II FB