Category: Post Office

Odzi Park

Umtali District

 

Odzi is a village off the main Harare-Mutare road. Odzi was established as a railway siding in 1899.

Post Office

History

• 1892.03.31 – Deputy Post Office.
• 1896.06.00 – Closed during the Mashona Rebellion.
• 1900.00.00 – Re-opened at the railway station.
• 1927.04.01 – Upgraded to a money and telegraph office.

Postal Staff

• Mr Abbott – Deputy Postmaster (14.10.1893 – 00.00.0000 )
• Mr Clayton – Deputy Postmaster (00.00.1893 – 13.10.1893)

Service

• 1892.03.31 – Mail service by coach from Salisbury.
• 1900.00.00 – Mail service by rail.

Postmarks

Type	Size	Earliest Date	Latest Date	Notes
D4		24/02/1903	03/01/1960
D5		06/01/1924	06/01/1924
D6		21/08/1953	21/08/1953
D7		15/07/1960	10/11/1965
D8		24/11/1960	10/11/1965

Post Offices

Rhodesia

Below is a list of Post Offices and their postmarks covering:

• British South Africa Company
• Southern Rhodesia
• Rhodesia & Nyasaland (Southern Rhodesia)
• Rhodesia

Post Offices

• A – H
• I – P
• Q – Z

Hunters Road

Gwelo District

 

Post Office

History

• 1911.11.01 – Opened as a postal agency under Gwelo.
• 1953.00.00 – Upgraded to a money and telegraph office.

Service

• 1911.11.01 – Mail service by rail.

Postmarks

Type	Size	Earliest Date	Latest Date	Notes
D2		07/04/1914	10/11/1965
D2.1		26/02/1930	14/05/1930	Blue ink.
D3		04/11/1960	10/11/1965

Queens Mine

Bubi District

Queen’s Mine is a village 34 miles (55-km) NE of Bulawayo that grew up around the now closed Queen’s Mine. It derived its name from the nearby Ndebele queen’s kraal.

The gold mine was pegged on the site of ancient diggings in 1893 just prior to the Matabele Rebellion. There are several smaller mines in this predominantly ranching area.

Post Office

The Post Office that was originally at Inyati Mine was destroyed on 13 June 1896 and there is no known early opening for Queens Mine.

• 1911.10.02 – Opened as a postal agency under Bulawayo. Mail service by coach/mail cart to Bulawayo.
• 1912.04.11 – Regraded to Money and Telegraph Office.
• 1914.09.07 – Mail service by motor car.
• 1916.04.30 – Mail service by coach resumes.
• 1924.02.11 – Regraded to Post and Telegraph Agency
• 1925.09.22 – Daily mail service by motor car.

Postmarks

 

FB

Postmarks

Filabusi

Type	Earliest Date	Latest Date	Notes
D2	04/01/1899	01/06/1926
D3	01/12/1904	02/02/1929
D3A	18/09/1911	18/09/1911	Full-stop after month.
D4	25/04/1907	26/04/1907
D5	04/02/1930	05/01/1950
D7	04/10/1949	24/10/1949
D8	18/09/1950	31/10/1950
D9	03/12/1950	03/12/1950
D10	10/12/1950	10/11/1965
D11	23/06/1959	10/11/1965

Filabusi

Insiza District

 

Filabusi is the district capital of the Insiza District and service centre for the surrounding mining and farming areas.

Filabusi was once a major producer of gold, with mines such as Fred and Royal Family, nickel at Epoch (Bindura Nickel Corporation) and asbestos at Pangani and Croft, but all these are now closed.

 

Post Office

History

• 1894.07.15 – Opened as a postal agency under Bulawayo. Operated by the B.S.A.P.
• 1916.01.13 – Upgraded to a Post Office.
• 1910.05.04 – Downgraded to postal agency.

Service

• 1901.08.06 – Mail service by coach or mail cart to Balla Balla.
• 1910.05.01 – Mail service replaced by runners.
• 1915.11.14 – Mail service by coach/mail cart resumes.
• 1927.04.01 – Mail service by motor car.

Postmarks

• Instructional
• Postmarks
• Unpaid

 

Fort Rixon

Insiza District

 

Fort Rixon was founded as a British military post in 1896 during the Ndebele uprisings near the site of the Dhlo-Dhlo ruins.

Prominent in local tradition, the Dhlo-Dhlo ruins appear to be of 17th- or 18th-century origin, yielding Portuguese, Arab, and Jesuit relics. It is believed that Dhlo-Dhlo was a seat of the supreme chief of the Rozwi people before the arrival of the Ndebele.

It is now an agricultural (corn [maize] and tobacco) and ranching centre and the focus of gold-mining activities in the area.

Post Office

History

• 1902.03.31 – Opened as a postal agency under Bulawayo.
• 1903.08.14 – Upgraded to a Post Office.
• 1910.05.04 – Downgraded to postal agency.

Service

• 1902.03.31 – Mail service by runner to Insiza.
• 1910.05.01 – Mail service by by coach or mail cart to Insiza.
• 1926.04.01 – Mail service by motor car (up to thrice weekly).
• 1929.00.00 – Mail service by car reduced to twice weekly.

Postmarks

Type	Earliest Date	Latest Date	Notes
D1	13/08/1902	20/04/1903
D2	09/07/1903	12/09/1950
D3	14/01/1940	14/01/1940
D4	00/12/1944	00/12/1944
D5	31/01/1958	07/05/1962