Commemorative Covers: 1963 – World Tobacco Congress
Commemorative Covers
1963 – World Tobacco Congress
First Rhodesian Stamp Exhibition 13-16 July 1953 The First Rhodesia Stamp Exhibition was held in the Conference Hall of the Central African Rhodes Centenary Exhibition. FB
Rhodesia Association For The Prevention Of Tuberculosis (RAPT) African Birds Details Date of Issue: 1962 Designer: Printer: Process: Paper: Perf: Sheet: 12 x 5 per pane (2 panes per sheet) Booklet: Quantity: Commercial Covers FB
British Overseas Airways Corporation 1957 – First Britannia Regular Service On 1st February, 1957, British Overseas Airways Corporation (B.O.A.C.) inaugurated the first regular Britiannia flights in association with South African Airways (S.A.A.). The first Britannia G-ANBI left London flying via Rome, Khartoum, Nairobi to Johannesburg and returned to London on 4th February. The second Britannia…
University College of Rhodesia & Nyasaland Salisbury In 1945, Manfred Hodson formed the Rhodesia University Association, inspired by the promise of £20,000 by J.F. Kapnek for establishing a university. The following year, the Legislative Assembly of Southern Rhodesia adopted a motion proposed by Hodson for the establishment of a university college to serve the needs of Rhodesia and neighbouring territories. In…
Jackaroo Aircraft (Africa) (Pvt) Ltd. Salisbury Jackaroo Aircraft Ltd was formed in 1956 at Thruxton, Hampshire, to produce the Thruxton Jackaroo. During World War II, a large number of de Havilland Tiger Moth planes were in surplus. Jackaroo Aircraft undertook an ambitious conversion which involved widening the fuselage to seat four passengers in side-by-side pairs….
Rhodesia Railways Ltd Line construction began in September 1892.The Bulawayo line was completed in October 1897 and the Mutare line in February 1898. The link between Salisbury and Bulawayo was finally completed in October 1902 after initial construction was brought to a halt by the outbreak of the Anglo-Boer War in October 1899, when materials had to be…