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Memoir 44:

ENCYCLOPAEDIA OF THE SOUTHERN RHODESIA KING GEORGE ISSUES 1937-1953

Revised and Updated April, 2025

Introduction

I had previously said that I would only compile encyclopaedias of stamp issued during my life, which made it fairly easy as I was born on the death of King George VI (or accession of the late Queen Elizabeth II). But looking through my electronic files, I found that over the years I had accumulated a fair amount of material. Which was all too much of a challenge – the material needed liberating!

As the issues of King George VI have been extensively reported on in numerous publications, I felt that there was a need to consolidate it in a single publication, which I am now endeavouring to do. I was assisted greatly by Memoir 21 on the KGVI definitive by George Stewart and Colin Hoffman, although there were many elements I felt needed substantiation and expansion. Unfortunately, with the recent death of George I was unable to tap into his extensive knowledge. I hope by the time the full encyclopaedia is published online it will provide an extensive study of the KGVI issues as possible. There is, however, always room for improvement and I hope that members of the RSC are as responsive as usual in providing further information. As I have said many times before, unless material is supplied to me, I cannot know what is missing.

Without the assistance of a great many people, this publication would not have been possible. My thanks go to the following people, I hope I have not missed anyone out
Pat Flanagan, Keith Brodovcky, Christopher Cooksey, Keith Harrop, Dave Cooper, Adrian de Bourbon, Colin Hoffman, Ian Johnstone, Tony Banks and Brian Livingston.

Also, thanks to Narendhra Morar for proof reading the material, especially as this is not a significant area of interest for him. Finally, to Sean Burke for placing the Encyclopaedia on the RSC website.

Geoff Brakspear
August, 2026

• 1937 Coronation
• 1937 Definitive – postage stamps
• 1937 Definitive – printer’s marks and plate nos.  
• 1937 Definitive- dies and proofs  
• 1937 Postage Due
• BSAC Golden Jubilee
• 1943 Occupation of Matabeleland
• 1947 Royal Visit
• 1947 Victory Issue
• 1949 75th Anniversary of UPU
• 1950 Diamond Jubilee 
• 1951 Postage Due

Contents:

• Editorial                                                                                     
• Membership News and Information                                                   
• Members Correspondence and News                                               
• Members Profile: Geoff Brakspear                                       
• Book Review                 
• Matters Arising       
• Members Ask   
• Members Share   
• Reports of Exhibitions and RSC Meetings:
• Westpex (San Francisco 26-28/4/2024)
• Manchester Virtual 20/4/2024)     
• Pipex (Portland 3-6/5/2024)     
• Manchester Virtual (15/6/2024)
• London (22/6/2024) 
• Melbourne (13/7/2024)
• MARPEX – SA Nationals (8-13/7/2024)   
• Review – The BESANÇON Collection – Bechuanaland 
• 2024 RSC AGM & Conference (9-12/5/2024)     
• Forging of Rhodesia’s “independence” overprinted Stamps – Geoff Brakspear (UK) and Dave Trathen (UK)
• King George V 1924 -1937 – Postal History – Peter Hickman (UK)
• Artwork depicting the head of Queen Elizabeth in various renditions  – Patrick Flanagan (South Africa)
• Kenneth Kaunda – Centenary of his birth –
• Allan Rendle (UK) and Adam Goulding (Australia)  
• Out of the Brownie Box – Anita McCullough (UK) 
• Nyasaland: The 1908 Definitive Issue – the low Values – Colin Fraser (USA)  
• The Zimbabwe 1996 45cents additional value: its use and misuse – Ian Menzies (Switzerland)   
• The history of the British South Africa Company – Ian Shapiro (UK) 
• The Penny Double Head, Plate B, Position 87 – James Strutt (UK)
• A 10/- BSAC Admiral, a cigar box and my father – Brian Zlotnick (UK)      
• Alexander Hetherwick Letter – Stuart Ross (Malawi)       
• From the Double Head Mythology – two tales of John Reed – Colin Hoffman (UK)  
• An extraordinary David Livingstone original artefact – Ian Shapiro (UK)
• BCA and BSAC BONCs on Cover – Tony Banks (UK) 
• A brief journey through some Nyasaland collecting interests – Ian Macdonald (Vietnam) 
• Special postmarks of the British Association visit to the Victoria Falls – Colin Hoffman (UK)
• Victoria Falls 2d and 3d values re-issued in large Format – Keith Harrop (UK)
• 1d Double Head – Plate B, Position 87, on Postcard – Bill O’Connell (Isle of Man)
• In Quest of SG 196a – Stephen Reah-Johnson (USA)
• Killing for Conservation The story of Wildlife and People in Zimbabwe – Part 2 – The Colonial Era – Narendhra Morar (UK)
• Pre-Paid Reply Postal Stationery Cards of Mashonaland and Rhodesia – Andrew Wilkie (UK)
• Southern Rhodesia King George V Field Marshal Stamps and Postal Stationery – David Spivack (USA), Colin Hoffman (UK), Patrick Flanagan (South Africa), and Brian Trotter (UK)
• The British South Africa Company’s Citrus Estate 
• 1936 Umtali Publicity items – Rob Burrett (Zimbabwe) 
• Authenticating the 1940 BSAC Golden Jubilee GB17 Specimen Overprints – Dave Cooper (South Africa)
• Store Bros., Salisbury – Sean Burke (Australia)
• Sir Archibald Murray – Adrian de Bourbon (UK) 
• The 2/- Light Blue and Black Double Head –  Colin Hoffman (UK), Derek Lambert (UK) and Sean Burke (Australia)
• The Penny Double Head – the mystery of the end of row blotchy white patches in the right panel on Plates A and B and their disappearance – John Knight  (UK) 
• Postcard Matters – Andrew Wilkie (UK)
• Further interesting early mail from Rhodesia – Keith Harrop (UK)
• Formation of Rhodes Inyanga National Park – Mike Hughes (UK)
• Tamsen inspired covers – Terry Devine (Australia)   
• The Beira & Mashonaland and Rhodesia Railways
• The Double Head Committee of the RSC – Colin Hoffman (UK) and Sean Burke (Australia)
• Two letters from Lobengula – King of the Matabele – Keith Harrop (UK)   Multiples, the 2/- Double Head and a cover – Patrick Flanagan (South Africa)
• Some rare BSAC Admiral stamps making an appearance at the 2024 Conference – Colin Hoffman (UK)  
• Selling your Stamp Collection – Simon Peetoom (UK)           
• Rhodesian and Zimbabwean military formation and unit cachets: Part 8 – The Rhodesia Regiment –
• The Bulawayo Based Battalions – Richard Berry (UK)   
• Combination Period – 1892 BSAC & Bechuanaland Postal Charges – Tuli via Macloustie to Johannesburg – Patrick Flanagan (South Africa)     
• 1954 Rhodesia & Nyasaland: Post Office Training School, the Colin Salmon Collection – Dave Cooper (South Africa)
• RANA Cover from Salisbury to Blantyre to Lilongwe – Peter Wingent (UK)
• Bradbury Wilkinson Hand Painted Essays – Patrick Flanagan (South Africa)
• Additions and revisions to the Double Head listings in the Stanley Gibbons Catalogue – Colin Hoffman (UK), Stephen Reah Johnson (USA), Michael Deverell (UK), Andrew Wilson (UK) and Sean Burke (Australia)
• A Revenue Document with a Tale  – Adrian de Bourbon (UK)  
• Birds on Stamps of Malawi – 1988 Definitive Issue – Stuart Ross (Malawi)
• Postmarks on the 4d Double Head – Ronnie Winchester (Australia)
• Philatelic Covers, but who were the recipients or senders? – Colin Fraser (USA)         

 

2024 Rhodesian Study Circle Conference
Thursday 9 – Sunday 12 May, 2024
Holiday Inn, Kenilworth, Warwick

• The official RSC Conference Dinner on the Saturday evening will be “The Colin Hoffman Celebration Dinner”. This is in recognition of a lifetime of collecting, researching and writing on Rhodesian philately and for his committed guidance of the RSC over the past forty years as Editor of the RSC Journal (1978- 1991 and 2009-2011), Chairman of the RSC (1988-2019) and Treasurer ( 2020-2023).
• On the Thursday afternoon, as in recent years, there will be a number of informal workshops and discussion groups.
• As usual, a number of dealers will be present at the Conference. Dealer’s tables will open from 9am on the Friday morning.
• Accommodation Rates:

Thursday – Single Occupancy Bed and Breakfast @£115.00, Double Occupancy Bed and Breakfast @£125.00.

Friday – Single Occupancy Dinner, Bed and Breakfast @£115.00, Double Occupancy Dinner, Bed and Breakfast @£145.00.

Saturday – Single Occupancy Dinner, Bed and Breakfast @£130.00, Double Occupancy Dinner, Bed and Breakfast @£160.00.

• Conference bookings are to be directed to Colin Hoffman – colin@stamps.org.uk
• Narendhra Morar is arranging the Conference Programme and various drafts will be placed on the RSC website – narendhra.m123@gmail.com
• The RSC AGM will be held on the Friday of the Conference. The RSC Council will meet prior to the AGM.
• The 2024 RSC Competitions will be featured at the Conference and the results announced.
• Virtual facilities will be available.
• The RSC Conference Quiz has been compiled by Stuart Ross, Adam Goulding, David Spivack, Walter Herdzik, Allan Rendall and Narendhra Morar.
• The Programme is still emerging but the following has been confirmed:

Thursday, 9 May 2024

Workshops:

• 1400 – 1600 – Sean Burke, Mark Thomas & John Knight – Identifying the ‘give away’ flaws on the 1d Double Heads
• 1600 – 1630 – Tea Break
• 1630 – 1800 – Mark Thomas – Philatelic Gems
• Evening – Informal Dinner

Friday, 10 May 2024

• 0900 – Dealers’ tables open

Silent Displays:

Jeremy Jackman – 1905 Victoria Falls Stamps on Cover

George Stewart – T. Brown – Photographer and Manufacturer of Postcards

• 1100 -1300 – RSC Council Meeting
• 1300 – 1400 – Lunch
• 1400 – 1500– Welcome and the AGM – MC & Chairman of RSC – RSC AGM Agenda 2024
• 1500 – 1545 – Geoff Brakspear & Dave Trathen – Forging of Rhodesia’s “independence” overprinted stamps
• 1545 -1630 –   Peter Hickman – King George V 1924 -1937
• 1630 -1700 – Afternoon Tea
• 1700 -1745 – David Spivack – The GB ½d Jubilee Used in British Bechuanaland and Bechuanaland Protectorate, 1887-1902
• Evening – Informal Dinner

Saturday, 11 May 2024

• 0930 – 1015 – Pat Flanagan – Stamp Portraits of QEII
• 1015 – 1100 – Adam Goulding & Allan Rendle – Kenneth Kaunda
• 1100 – 1130 – Morning Tea
• 1130 – 1205 – Narendhra Morar – Killing for Conservation?
• 1205 – 1215 – ZANE Appeal
• 1215 – 1300 – Ian Shapiro – The History of the BSACo
• 1300 – 1415 – Lunch
• 1415 – 1500 – RSC Quiz
• 1500 – 1545 – Anita McCullough – Out of the Box Brownie
• 1545 – 1615 – Colin Fraser – The Nyasaland 1908 Low Value Definitive Issue
• 1615 – 1645 –   Afternoon Tea
• 1645 – 1730 – Sean Burke (Chair) – Selling Your Collection? With Ian Shapiro, Huw Williams & Mike Deverell on the Panel
• 1915 for 1930 – Colin Hoffman Celebratory Conference Dinner 

Sunday, 12 May 2024

• 0930 – 1000 – Walter Herdzik – Northern Rhodesia Becomes Zambia
• 1000 – 1030 – RSC Quiz Answers
• 1030 – 1100 – Morning Tea
• 1100 – 1130 – Ian Menzies – The Zimbabwe 1996 45c Additional Definitive Value, Its Use and Misuse
• 1130 – 1230 – AWARDS CEREMONY   & CLOSING REMARKS

All are most welcome and Zoom facilities are available for those who wish to join us from afar.

 

 

 

Contents

Editorial

Membership News and Information

RSC 2024 Annual Conference

Members Correspondence

Matters Arising

Members Ask

Members Share

Reports of Meetings and Exhibitions:

South West England Virtual (10/8/2023)

Isle of Man (7-10/8/2023)

Melbourne (26/8/2023)

North America Virtual (26 August, 2023)

Manchester Virtual (19/8/2023)

Manchester Virtual (16/9/2023)

Postcard Matters – Geoff Brakspear

Brethren in Christ Church missions in Southern Rhodesia – Mark Loomis

The 1893 Matabele war farm rights of 3000 morgen and 20 gold claims – Revenue documents with history – Mike Barter

Rhodesian and Zimbabwean military formation and unit cachets: Part 7- The Rhodesia Regiment – Introduction to the Regiment and the Salisbury based Battalions – Richard Berry

Nyasaland 1913 4d Variety – Tony Plumbe

The Niven Correspondence – Patrick Flanagan

Southern Rhodesia 1947 Royal Visit – Christopher Cooksey

The Victoria Falls – Terry Cowlard

Rhodesia ‘Postage Due’ Labels – Dave Trathen

Why I like blocks – Peter Gordon

London to Cape Town in 1934/5 on a motor cycle – Diederik Viljoen

George VI Southern Rhodesia 1937 First Day Covers – Dave Cooper

Ingledew – it is amazing what one postcard can produce! – Paul Waldron

The 1937 George VI: Imprint Blocks from First Printing including the 1½d no gutter – Dave Cooper

Avis de Reception / Acknowledgement of Receipt – Patrick Flanagan

The Nyasaland King George V Large Keyplates Overlooked but not forgotten! – Denis Littlewort

South Helvetia – Peter Hickman

A Sampling of Bechuanaland Protectorate Postal History from 1929 to 1965 – David Spivack

Southern Rhodesia 1947 Royal Visit – Waterlow Archives – Patrick Flanagan

The Matabele Jubilee Envelope – John Davies

Printer’s Marks: Lay Marks and Register Marks – Colin Hoffman

Africa: The Great War – Derek Lambert

Some Boer War postal history – Patrick Flanagan

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• Editorial                                                                         
• From the Chairman                                                                 
• Membership News and Information                     
• Matters Arising                                                                   
• Members Ask                                                                       
• Members Share                                                                   
• Reports of RSC Meetings and Exhibitions:
• London (22/10/2022) 21
• Melbourne Virtual (1/11/2022) 21
• Manchester Virtual (19/11/2022) 22
• Cape Town (10/11/2022) 24
• Manchester (17/12/2022) 27
• Bechuanaland Protectorate Telegraph Station Datestamps 1899-1913 – David Spivack   
• Perforations and Shrinkage – Andrew Wilson   
• Rhodesian and Zimbabwean military formation and unit cachets: Part 5 – Government Departments, Combined Operations, Army Headquarters and Brigades – Richard Berry   
• The Printing of the 1905 Victoria Falls Stamps – Adrian de Bourbon   
• 1959 3d Rhodes Grave printed on the
• gummed side: Conclusive proof – Dave Cooper   
• Nyasaland King George VI Definitive stamps – imperforate to the sheet margin – Colin Fraser   
• Bulawayo-related items of postal history – Peter Hickman    
• The Bulawayo Provisionals – Colin Hoffman   
• A glass half full – the history of Zimbabwe’s Wine Industry – Jono Waters    
• Bulawayo, Lobengula and other things – Patrick Flanagan    
• Our Bulawayo Scrapbook – Rob Burrett   
• A New Truncated Waxed Moustache – does it help? – Robert Gallimore   
• The Umtali Type 6 cancel – Peter Hickman   56
• Auction Report: Besancon ‘Nyasaland’ by Corinphila – Tony Plumbe    
• Rates of Duty on Certificates of Transfer – Christopher Cooksey   
• Pre-empting history – incorrectly! – Peter Hickman   
• Some early postal history from the Jesuits in Southern Rhodesia – Peter Hickman   
• Postcard Matters – Andrew Wilkie   
• Buluwayo – early business transactions –revenue documents with history – Mike Barter   
• Boxkeepers – Adrian de Bourbon    
• Some realisations from the Spink Auction – 2 November, 2022   
• An Observation on the British Association
• Handstamp – Jeremy Jackman   
• The curious case of the Perf. 15 bronze-green Halfpenny Double Head – Sean Burke    

 

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