British South Africa Company: Mines Office – Markings (Salisbury)
Mines Office
Markings (Salisbury)
Michael Pevsner Michael (Max) Pevsner was a Russian Jew who emigrated to Rhodesia after the Anglo-Boer War. He owned a fifty acre farm outside Bulawayo called Glenville Estate. The estate was established by the Barker brothers in early 1904 and sold to Pevsner in 1907. Pevsner was one of the early pioneers of tobacco growing…
Introduction: The 11th November, 1910 saw a new issue of stamps by the BSAC – seventeen values in total – to coincide with the Royal Visit of the Duke and Duchess of Connaught. The primary reason for their visit was to open the First Parliament of the newly-formed Union of South Africa. Why, more than…
G. Budricks & Co No.s 230-239 (Booklet)
B.S.A.C. Returned Letter Branch, Salisbury – Type I
Office of the Registrar of Deeds General (1910-1919) 1910 FB
J H Mattheys & Co Bulawayo J H Mattheys & Co was based in Bulawayo, Southern Rhodesia. The business was founded in 1922 by its able proprietor, John Henry Cornelius Mattheys (1890-1960) who was born in Cape Province and was of British heritage. He was an engineer who held previously important appointments with various motoring…