Category: Northern Rhodesia

Waterlow & Sons Ltd: Pre-Production

Waterlow & Sons Ltd

Pre-Production

British South Africa Company
Northern Rhodesia
Rhodesia & Nyasaland
Southern Rhodesia

Livingstone Tourist Centre for the Victoria Falls

Livingstone Tourist Centre for the Victoria Falls

Details

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Commercial Covers

The Rhodesian Stamp Collector’s Exchange Club

The Rhodesian Stamp Collector’s Exchange Club

Kitwe-Nkana

 

First Day Covers

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Feeder Service to Madagascar 1934

Feeder Service to Madagascar

Imperial Airways Ltd/les Services Aeriens de Madagascar

Flight Details

  • Dep: 2nd August, 1934 – Broken Hill, Northern Rhodesia
  • Arr: 4th August, 1934 – Tananarive, Madagascar

Flight Covers

1934 – First Mail Service to Australia & New Zealand (To Australia)

First Regular Mail Service to Australia

To Australia

From Broken Hill to Australia
From Bulawayo to Australia
From Limbe to Australia
From Mpika to Australia
From Salisbury to Australia
From Zomba to Australia

 

1934 – First Mail Service to Australia & New Zealand

First Mail Service to Australia & New Zealand

8 December 1934

The first regular airmail from the UK to Australia left on 8th December, 1934 and arrived in Sydney on 21st December 21. The service was shared between Imperial Airways and Q.A.N.T.A.S. Letters for New Zealand were sent on by sea via the Orient Line’s Oronsay.

Flight Details

  • Dep: 8th December, 1934 (London)
  • Dep: 12th December, 1934 (Cairo – connecting flight for Central African mail)
  • Arr: 18th December, 1934 (Brisbane – connecting Q.A.N.T.A.S. flight)
  • Arr: 21st December, 1934 (Sydney)
  • Arr: 26th December, 1934 (Auckland)

Flight Covers

Contributors
  • Walter Herdzik

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1933 – First Regular Mail Service to Singapore

First Regular Mail Service to Singapore

9 December 1933

Details

  • Dep: 9th December, 1933 (London)
  • Dep: 12th December, 1933 (Cairo – connecting flight)
  • Arr: 17th December, 1933 (Singapore)

First Flight Covers

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Zeppelin – 6th Flight to South America

Zeppelin

6th Flight to South America

Date: 18th August, 1934

Route: Imperial Airways via Cairo to London. Onwards to Friedrichshafen.

Flight Covers

1933 – Nyasaland Air Week – First Flight from Nyasaland to Fort Jameson

Nyasaland Air Week

1933 – First Flight from Nyasaland to Fort Jameson

The 2nd flight as part of the Nyasaland Air Week flew from Zomba to Fort Jameson, Northern Rhodesia. A special cover was produced by Major H.E. Green with a print run of 510 covers.

Flight Details

  • Dep Date: 5th June, 1933
  • Arr Date: 6th June, 1933
  • Carrier: R.A.F.
  • Total Covers: 261

First Flight Covers

From Blantyre
From Limbe
From Zomba

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Zeppelin – 5th Flight to South America

Zeppelin

5th Flight to South America

Date: 1st September, 1934

Route: Imperial Airways via Cairo to London. Onwards to Friedrichshafen

Flight Covers

 

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