British South Africa Company: Mines Office – Markings (Lomagondi)
Mines Office
Markings (Lomagondi)
Minnie Amelia Tontz 1890–1973 A missionary teacher and nurse for 30 years in Southern Rhodesia (Zimbabwe), Minnie A. (Tontz) Lawrence was born February 1890 in Grantfork, Illinois. She was the youngest of 16 children whose father died when she was two years old. She attended Oberlin Academy (high school) and college, graduating with a B.A….
British South Africa Company Department of Posts & Telegraphs – 1333 T.4 Details Date of Issue: February, 1905 Dept: Reqn.: 1333 Printer: Paper: Quantity: 300,000 FB
Paul Schaefer & Co No.1989 – 2025 (Ellis Allen) Around 1907, it appears that Ellis Allen had a business arrangement with Paul Schaefer & Co for the printing and publishing of a series of South African picture postcards that included Rhodesian subjects.
Sallo Epstein & Co. No.s 1590-99
E Peters Type IIIA – Victoria Falls B&W (200-249)
Arcturus Goromonzi District Arcturus is a village that grew up around, and named after, Arcturus Mine. The mine, established in 1891, was one of the leading and oldest gold producers in Rhodesia and started operations in 1907. Post Office History 1910.02.03 – Opened as a postal agency (previously a telegraph office). 1911.03.31 – Upgraded to a money and telegraph…