Travelling Post Office 1953 Royal Tour According to the Rhodesian Herald, covers were to be sent to the Secretary, Royal Tour Covers, Staff Room 4, P.O. Box 61, Causeway. They were to arrive between the 2nd and 12th of July. Any requests after this date were not to be dealt with. Although there was…
Travelling Post Office 1934 Royal Tour The Post Office was situated on the Pilot Train which was available for telegrams (inland and overseas) and mail matter that could be handed in. Letters and general matter posted on the train and addressed to destinations outside of South Africa were dispatched by the fastest route at…
Royal Tour 1934 – Commercial Covers (Northern Rhodesia)
Royal Tour 1934 – Commercial Covers (Southern Rhodesia)
Travelling Post Office 1925 Royal Tour The Royal Train had its own Post Office, situated within a travelling post office van attached to a pilot train that kept ahead of the Royal Train by around 30 minutes. The post office was open 24 hours per day. Approximately 9,000 articles (including Official Mail) were handled by…
Nil Desperandum Mine Shabani District Residential township eight miles from Bulawayo. Post Office History 1930.02.17 – Opened as postal agency under Shabani (later Gwelo). Service 1939.00.00 – Mail service by cyclist from Shabani. Postmarks
Waterford Residential township eight miles from Bulawayo. Post Office History 1957.07.01 – Opened as postal agency under Bulawayo. Postmarks
Wanderer Mine Selukwe District Post Office History 1936.04.01 – Opened. 1952.00.00 – Closed when mine closed. Service 1936.04.01 – Mail by cyclist to Selukwe.
Beatrice Mine Hartley District Beatrice Mine was in operation from 1895 to 1945 and was named after Beatrice Borrow, the sister of Lieutenant Henry J. Borrow, a member of the Pioneer Column.The mine was pegged by Frank Johnson & Company, Borrow being a partner of the firm. The Beatrice Mine was originally floated by The…
Beatrice Hartley District Beatrice is a village named after the Beatrice gold mine, around which it grew. The mine was in operation from 1895 to 1945 and was named after Beatrice Borrow, the sister of Lieutenant Henry J. Borrow, a member of the Pioneer Column. European settlers also established Beatrice Farm, a large ranch that…
