First Day Covers – Northern Rhodesia
Counsell’s Lusaka Hotel Ltd Lusaka In 1914, Canadian Couple Mr.& Mrs. Councell’s, registered the Counsell’s Lusaka Hotel. The Councell’s family seized the opportunity in the hospitality business due to the economic boom in Lusaka emanating from the opening up of the first hospital built south of Villa Elizabetta in 1918. In the same year the financial sector saw…
Southern Rhodesia 1947 Royal Visit Details Date of Issue: 1st April, 1947 Date Withdrawn: 30th April, 1947 Date Invalidated: 3rd February, 1950 Designer: Printer: Waterlow & Sons Limited, London Wall, London, E.C. Process: Recess Paper: Watermark: N/A Perf: 14 Plates: 45350 & 45351 (½d) 45352 (1d) Sheet: Booklet: N/A Quantity: Production Pre-Production Production Presentation First Day Cover Other…
Real Photo Cards Kodak – K Ltd – J. R. F. FB
Tokim LY Series – Luanshya FB
Pre-Production Postage Due Northern Rhodesia
North-Western Farmers’ Co-Operative Society Ltd Lusaka In 1914, farmers across Northern Rhodesia were facing poor prices due to overproduction. In 1915, a group of farmers form the North-Western Farmers’ Co-Operative Society Ltd. Although there was no formal link between the Farmer’s Association and the co-operative, membership over-lapped. The goal of the co-operative was to control…
