Members Exhibits including RSC Competition Entries

Members Exhibits including RSC Competition Entries

This section has been created to feature various member’s exhibits over the years as an aide to those considering exhibiting or as a resource for those exploring various areas of our research. To date, most of these exhibits come from RSC Virtual Competitions. We hope to broaden this remit as we move forward. A thanks to those who allowed us to feature their exhibits.

RSC Competition Entries from 2026

Livermore (6):

• Stamp Booklets of Southern Rhodesia, Northern Rhodesia, Nyasaland and the Federation of Rhodesia & Nyasaland pre UDI – Peter Coetzee (Ireland)
• Commercial Papers: Unsealed Letter Rate – Peter Hickman (UK)
• Malawi Christmas Designs by Jennifer Toombs – Stuart Ross (Malawi/UK)
• The Mt Silinda Mission in Pre-Colonial Southern Rhodesia (1897-1923) – Mark Loomis (USA)
• Aerogramme Safari – Ian Menzies (Switzerland)
• Paris Missionary Society in Barotseland –  Early Postcards – Sean Burke (Australia) – 1st Place

Single Sheet (34):

• From Abercorn to Lierre 1896 – Peter Coetzee (Ireland) – 2nd Place
• Transformation of the Shangani canceller – Brian Zlotnick (UK)
• BSAC Sarawak Trials – Dave Cooper (South Africa)
• Northern Rhodesia 1963 6d missing value perforation variation – Tony Banks (UK) – 3rd Place
• Rhodesia – Zambia stamps on 1966 cover – Walter Herdzik (Canada)
• Southern Rhodesia Postage Due Covers – Walter Herdzik (Canada)
• Rhodesia Postage Due Labels – Diederik Viljoen (South Africa)
• From Northern Rhodesia to Far Distant Islands – Walter Herdzik (Canada)
• Republic of Malawi – Diederik Viljoen (South Africa)
• A 1911 Telegram with a Tale to Tell – Mike Hughes (UK)
• Zimbabwe’s only Independence Stamp – Narendhra Morar (UK)
• A Piece of Mining History – Andrew Wilkie (UK) 
• Stuck in the Mud – Again! – Andrew Wilkie (UK)
• War Economy Labels – Patrick Flanagan (South Africa)
• A Treasured Memento – Narendhra Morar (UK)
• BSAC Matabele Rebellion Provisional Stamps 1896 – Mike Somerville (Canada)
• Binda forgery: 17 January, 1966 cover – Dave Trathen (UK)
• The Wellesley Cover – What do you think – Mike Hughes (UK)
• A letter from Lobengula – Peter Hickman (UK)
• Admirals 8d Die II Plate 4 Mystery – Allen Kirkpatrick (USA)
• Philatelic covers carried by rail and air 1931 – Adrian de Bourbon (UK)
• Stuck in the Mud – Andrew Wilkie (UK)
• The Great Britain 1881 1d Lilac overprinted for use in African Colonies: The BSAC derivation – Patrick Flanagan (South Africa)
• Royal Visit to Barotseland and Copperbelt Northern Rhodesia 19 – 21 May 1960 – Ian Menzies (Switzerland)
• WWI censor marks – Mark Loomis (USA) – !st Place
• A Matabeleland Volunteer’s Reward – Mike Hughes (UK) 
• Mother Patrick – Mark Loomis (USA)
• German Motor Car Expedition through Africa – Derek Lambert (UK) 
• HG 11a – Lealui to Germany September, 1905 – Sean Burke (Australia)
• Old Drift (Livingstone) to Bechuanaland Protectorate April 1905 – Sean Burke (Australia)
• A Springer Letter – Mark Loomis (USA)
• Pompeian – James Gavin (Australia)
• Royal Visit July1957- Ian Menzies (Switzerland)
• Liebigs (Rhodesia) Ltd. – Sean Burke (Australia)

RSC Competition Entries from 2025

Livermore (7):

• Rhodesia’s Independence Stamp forgeries – Dave Trathen (UK)
• British South Africa Company: The 1913-23 Admiral Head issue – Adrian de Bourbon (UK)
• Advertising Covers with Southern Rhodesia  KGVI Issue – Sean Burke (Australia)
• The Develpment of Catholic Missions in Southern Rhodesia – Mark Loomis (USA)
• Rhodesia Halfpenny, Penny and Penny Halfpenny Admirals Imperforate Varieties – Patrick Flanagan (South Africa)
• A paean to the golden age of Rhodesia KGV Admirals 1913-1925: postmarks on the ½d and 1d and 1½d        – Ian Menzies (Switzerland)
• The Half Penny Double Head used on Postcards – Sean Burke (Australia)

Single Sheet (33):

• Zimbabwe 1980 Postage Due – Diederik Viljoen (South Africa)
• BSAC Golden Jubilee 85 Years – Diederik Viljoen (South Africa)
• Heuglin’s Robin – Diederik Viljoen (South Africa)
• Trooper Wakefield’s War – Andrew Wilkie (UK)
• My Favourite Queen Elizabeth Stamp – Walter Herdzik (Canada)
• Off the air routes – Selukwe – Adrian de Bourbon
• Tati Concessions – James Strutt (UK)
• Waterlow & Sons File Proof Copies of 2d Double Head – Sean Burke (Australia)
• Killarney Mine 1906 Postcard – Sean Burke (Australia)
• Morgenster Mission – Patrick Flanagan (South Africa)
• Bechuanaland Game Licence – Patrick Flanagan (South Africa)
• Rhodesia Surcharged Mail – Dave Trathen (UK)
• ‘ArP2a’ Proposed Listing – Peter Hickman (UK)
• Active Letter Service Card: Southern Rhodesia to Australia – Ken Scudder (Australia)
• Selous Road post – John Knight (UK)
• Lennon Ltd  – John Knight (UK) 
• Victoria Falls 1906 post card – John Knight (UK)
• Two used blocks of the 2d Double Head – Sean Burke (Australia)
• Zimbabwe missent mail – Rod Kantor (Australia)
• A Stagecoach from Lomagundi – Andrew Wilkie (UK)
• A scarce printing (state) of the 1d Double Head – John Knight (UK)
• Tattersall’s Hotel Bulawayo 1898 Account – Mike Hughes (UK)
• Mozambique Company and Southern Rhodesia Combination Cover – David Bradley (Australia)
• A cover to Canada – Paul Waldron (UK)
• Kafubu: yesterday and today – Ian Menzies (Switzerland)
• Salisbury’s first stamp dealer? – Andrew Wilkie (UK)
• Zimbabwe Wire Toys – 2024 – Ian Menzies (Switzerland)
• Livingstone Provisionals – Part 2 – Philip Clarke (UK)
• Livingstone Provisionals Page – Part 1 – Philip Clarke (UK)
• Large ‘P B C’ censor handstamp – Mark Loomis (USA)
• Fledgeling – Sean Burke (Australia)
• Gogoi Mission – Mark Loomis (USA)
• Gallo Africa Limited  – Sean Burke (Australia)

SA Nationals 2024 MARPEX

Rhodesia: The Double Head Issue 1910-1913 – The Perf. 14 Printings – Patrick Flanagan 

RSC Competition Entries from 2024

At the conclusion of the Conference the RSC 2024 Competition results were announced. The Livermore Prize for the sixteen sheet competition was awarded to Peter Coetzee (Ireland) –The Iconic Victoria Falls on the Postage of the BSAC and Rhodesias (1905-1980). The Single Sheet Competition was won by Andrew Wilkie (UK) – Fort Victoria Killer Cancels.

Livermore (13):

• Federation of Rhodesia & Nyasaland Second Definitive featuring blocks & pairs – Ian Menzies (Switzerland)
• The Rhodesian Penny Double Head used fiscally on receipts – Sean Burke (Australia)
• 1905 Victoria Falls The Specimens – Jeremy Jackman (UK)
• The Zimbabwe 1996 45 cents additional value: its use and misuse – Ian Menzies (Switzerland)
• Rhodesia and After – Derek Lambert (UK)
• Southern Rhodesia Admiral Imperforates & Varieties – Patrick Flanagan 
• Frank Melland – Patrick Flanagan (South Africa)
• The Iconic Victoria Falls used on the Postage of the BSAC and Rhodesias (1905-1980) – Peter Coetzee (Ireland)
• Southern Rhodesia Queen Elizabeth II Pictorial Definitive Issue 1953 – Keith Brodovcky (South Africa) 
• BSAC – Cape of Good Hope Stamps Overprinted – Patrick Flanagan (South Africa) 
• Air Mail Postcard Rates 1931-1965 – Peter Hickman (UK)
• BSAC overprints on Cape of Good Hope stamps on Cover –  Patrick Flanagan (South Africa)
• Binda Forgeries – Dave Trathen (UK)

Single Sheet (22):

• Three Versions – Tuer’s Garage Bulawayo – Sean Burke (Australia)
• The First Stamps Featuring the Victoria Falls – Frank Slack (UK)
• Bulawayo Vulcanizers – Sean Burke (Australia)
• Coat of Arms of Federation of Rhodesia & Nyasaland – Dave Cooper (South Africa)
• Alpha and Omega (The 1905 Victoria Falls Issue) – Jeremy Jackman (UK)
•  The Blue Train at the Victoria Falls I – Terry Devine (Australia)
• The Blue Train at the Victoria Falls II –  Terry Devine (Australia)
• An Oswald Marsh OHMS cover ex Zomba 1913 – Sean Burke (Australia)
• 1905 Victoria Falls on Mourning Cover – Jeremy Jackman (UK)
• Chirundu – Mike Hughes (UK)
• An 1896 postcard from Salisbury – Ian Menzies (Switzerland)
• Was the mysterious Mr Stephens involved with the St Kitts ‘Friends of Rhodesia Club’ – Rod Kantor (Australia)
• Fort Victoria Killer Cancels – Andrew Wilkie (UK) 
• F.J. Clarke of Old Livingstone – Gordon Shepherd (Scotland)
• A Kawimbwe Story – Patrick Flanagan (South Africa)
• Is my passport still valid? – Diederik Viljoen (South Africa)
• A missive from Chief Lobengula – Peter Hickman (UK)
• Peter Falk – An Australian Connection – Andrew Wilkie (UK)
• Binda Cover – Dave Trathen (UK)
• Reply Paid Post Cards 1- Andrew Wilkie (UK)
• Reply Paid Post Cards 2 – Andrew Wilkie (UK)
• Fort Charter – Andrew Wilkie (UK)

SAVPEX 2023

• BSA Company – Cape of Good Hope stamps overprinted – Patrick Flanagan (South Africa)

Competition Entries from Conference 2023

Livermore:

• Rhodesia 1971 Emergency Mail – D Trathen(UK)
• Chinde Post Office Exchange and Postal Rates – Mark Ladd (UK)

Single Sheet:

• The Mutilated and Excised Metal Hand Stamps of Rhodesia January to June 1979 D Trathen (UK)
• Forgery Attempt 1947 Southern Rhodesia Royal Visit – Geoff Brakspear (UK)
• 1d Rhodesia Admiral Perf 13½ Block of Nine – Geoff Brakspear (UK)

Virtual Competitions Entries 2023

Livermore:

• The Middle Period of WWII Civil Censorship in Southern Rhodesia – Mark Loomis (USA)
• Military Telegraphs in British Bechuanaland – The Unappropriated Die Era: 1884-1885 – David Spivack (USA)
• Advertising Covers with Southern Rhodesia KGVI Definitives – Sean Burke (Australia)
• Coil Stamps of the Rhodesias and Nyasaland 1924-1966 – Peter Coetzee (Ireland)
• E. Peters 1904 Victoria Falls Picture Postcards – Walter Herdzik (Canada)

Single Sheet:

• The 150th Death Anniversary of Dr David Livingstone 1813-1873 – Diederik Viljoen (South Africa) 
• A cover from Ndola in 2022 – Sean Burke (Australia)
• Fr Richartz – Chishawasha Mission – Mark Loomis (USA)
• Dr Thompson – Mt Silinda -Mark Loomis (USA)
• Rhodesian Railway Parcel Stamps – Diederik Viljoen (South Africa)
• God Save the King: King Edward VII – Mike Hughes (UK) 
• A Pictorial Christmas Greeting Card – Andrew Wilkie (UK)
• An Early Bulawayo Station Telegram – Mike Hughes (UK)
• The Elusive 1953 6d Baobab – Rob Burrett and Jono Waters (Zimbabwe) 
• Internal Mail: postmarks on the Admirals 1913-25 – Sheskeke, Sinoia, Solwezi, Somabula, Sipolilo, Syringa – Ian Menzies (Switzerland)
• A Pre-Paid Bank Card From Mashonaland – Andrew Wilkie (UK)
• 6d Die II Plate 3 State 2 & 3 Printins (1913) – Allen Kirkpatrick (USA)
• Bechuanaland Protectorate 1888 Townshend Unadopted Essays – David Spivack (USA)
• Peter Falk, Zanzibar, and One More Mystery – David Spivack (USA) 
• The Half Penny Great Britain Jubilee Overprint For Use in British Bechuanaland – David Spivack (USA)
• Two advertising covers from the 1953 QEII Southern Rhodesia Issue – Sean Burke (Australia) 
• SS Rhodesia Castle – Peter Coetzee (Ireland)
• Rhodesian Perfins – Diederik Viljoen (South Africa)
• An oasis in the desert – a humble receipt – Sean Burke (Australia)
• A Reply Paid Postcard from Abroad – Andrew Wilkie (UK)
• Northern Rhodesia Mobile POs 1 & 2 – Walter Herdzik (Canada)

Exhibit from Conference 2023

• Colour, Class and Caste in Rhodesia: My Family and Other Indians. – Narendhra Morar (Winner of the Nodder/Hamilton Award for best display at Conference)

Virtual Competitions Entries 2022

Livermore

• L1 The Forgotten Front – Ian Menzies (Switzerland)
• L2 The Southern Rhodesia Matabeleland 50th Anniversary Commemorative – Mark Loomis (USA)
• L3 The ‘Admirals’ of Southern Rhodesia – Mark Loomis (USA)
• L4 Multiples of the Greens (halfpenny) and Reds (penny) of the 1913-1925 Rhodesia Admiral Issue – Sean Burke (Australia)
• L5 Zambia: Booklets and Coils 1964-1981 – Keith Brodovcky (South Africa)
• L6 British Military Mail in Zimbabwe1979-2001 – Geoff Brakspear (England)

Postcard

• P1 A 1904-1905 view of Bulawayo through the postcards published by E. Peters, Cape Town – Sean Burke (Australia)
• P2 Attractive Metaphors for the ‘Rhodesian good life’: a period postcard genre – Mark Thomas (England) 

Single Sheet 

• S1 Early Motoring In Rhodesia – Ian Menzies (Switzerland)
• S2 First Picture Postcard Captioned “Rhodesia” – Andrew Wilkie (England)
• S3 The 1890 Trek into Mashonaland in Picture Postcards – Andrew Wilkie (England)
• S4 The so-called Bulawayo Municipality ‘fancy’ cancel – Sean Burke (Australia)
• S5 Flaws on the 1s Rhodesia Double Head (SG 177), Pos. 26 – Mark Thomas (England)
• S6 A unique UMTAL Single Circle cancel discovery – Mark Thomas (England)
• S7 A corner-marginal vertical pair of the 3d value Double Head from the ‘Clandestine Roulettes’ – Mark Thomas (England)
• S8 Picture Postcards of the Zambesi Express – Andrew Wilkie (England)
• S9 Barbours Advertising Postcards – Rod Kantor (Australia)
• S10 17 Feb 1970 – Rod Kantor (Australia)
• S11 First Missionary to Rhodesia: Robert Moffat – Mark Loomis (USA)
• S12 St Faith’s Mission: Archdeacon Upchurch – Mark Loomis (USA)
• S13 British Bechuanaland Protectorate to Prussia – Ken Scudder (Australia)
• S14 Southern Rhodesia Printer’s Samples Waterlow – Keith Brodovcky (South Africa)
• S15 Southern Rhodesia KGV 3d Admiral – Keith Brodovcky (South Africa)
• S16 Postmarks of the Initial Training Wing (ITW) Bulawayo – Dirk Kind (England)
• S17 Main Error Types on Universal Machine Slogan Cancellation – Dirk Kind (England)
• S18 Rhodes the peacemaker – Michael Somerville (USA)
• S19 Rhodes the Empire builder – Michael Somerville (USA)

Virtual Competitions Entries 2021

Livermore

• The Niven Correspondence (Patrick Flanagan)
• David Livingstone (Walter Herdzik) 
• Humble Farthing (George Stewart)
• 1899 ‘Small Arms’ Cards inscribed ‘Rhodesia’ (RSC 11 and 11a) (Adrian de Bourbon) 
• Early Bechuanaland Telegraph Forms (Peter Thy)
• An overview of postmarks on ½d, 1d and 1½d Rhodesia Admirals 1913-25:
  commodities price wobbles, conflict and internal mail (Ian Menzies)
• Advertising Covers with Southern Rhodesia King George VI Definitives (Sean Burke)
• Southern Rhodesia – Airmail Letter Rates to the UK – January 1932 to August 1954 (Adrian de Bourbon)
• Companions on the journey (Sean Burke)
• King George V Southern Rhodesia 1924-1935 (Diederik Viljoen)

Postcard

• Postcards – (Peter Hickman)
• A 1904 and 1905 view of Rhodesia through the postcards published by E. Peters
  of Cape Town (Sean Burke)
• Artistry and Colour tinting on early Victoria Falls Postcards (Mark Thomas)
• Early views in and around Salisbury and Umtali through Strachan & Co. published postcards (Sean Burke) 

Single Sheet

• Meet you at the Meikles (Ian Menzies)
• In the orbit of official money (Mark Thomas)
• Advice of Money – Revenue charge (Patrick Flanagan)
• Admiral, DIe IIIA, Plate 3R on Cover (David Spivack)
• Admiral, Waxed Moustache (David Spivack)
• Admiral, The Peach (David Spivack)
• Northern Rhodesia  Postage Due & FFC Cover (Walter Herdzik)
• Rhodesia & Nyasaland Returned Letter Branch Mail (Walter Herdzik)
• Cover with unusual wax seal (Dirk Kind)
• Roller Skating Rink – Salisbury 1910 (Peter Hickman)
• Internment Camp Fort Victoria – Internment Camp 5 (Dirk Kind)
• WW II Park River Cover Front (Dirk Kind)
• WW2 Cover – with Censor Marks (Dirk Kind)
• Red BONC 953 (Dirk Kind) 
• Spectacular Zambia stamp perforation incident (Mark Thomas)
• A 1938 Entire from missionary Maurice E. Persons, Old Umtali, to his mother in Spokane, Washington, USA.  (Sean Burke)
• 1970 Malawi Commonwealth Games Exhibit (Stuart Ross)
• Late Usage of the 1917 BSAC 1 1/2d Stamp (Adrian de Bourbon)
• Second burial place of the Shangani Patrol (Sean Burke)
• Abercorn – An early BCA postal stationery card (Mark Thomas)
• 1906 Postcard from the Killarney Mine. Northern Rhodesia (Sean Burke)
• A trip to the Falls (Adrian de Bourbon)

Virtual Competitions Entries 2020

Livermore

• A Study of the BSAC 10/- and £1 Rhodesia Admiral Plates, States and Colours (David Spivack)
• The British South Africa Company 1905 Victoria Falls Issue (Jeremy Jackman)
• S. Rhodesia WWII Civilian and RAF Censorship (George Stewart)
• The 1893 Mashonaland Postal Stationery Cards (Andrew Wilkie)
• Southern Rhodesia Postal Stationery KGV Field Marshal Series 1931-1936 (David Spivack)
• Birds on Stamps of Malawi – 1988 Definitive Set from Design to Issue and Beyond (Stuart Ross) 
• Quitrent (Adrian de Bourbon)
• A Study of the One Pound Double Head on Fiscal Document (Gunnar Strehmel)
• Rhodesia Penny Double Head – fiscally used (Sean Burke)
• Mpika (Mark Thomas)
• 1896 Cape of Good Hope Overprints (Patrick Flanagan)
• Frédéric Christol: Artist and Evangelist (1850-1933) (Ian Menzies)
• Northern Rhodesia 1963 Definitives (Rod Kantor)
• Rhodesia & Nyasaland 1954-1963 (Diederik Viljoen)
• Airgraphs sent to Kenneth Brant while stationed
  with the Rhodesia Airforce Training Group (Jeremy Jackman)

Postcard

• Falls and slip ups (Mark Thomas)
• Early Postcards of the Paris Missionary Society in Barotseland (Sean Burke)
• Matabele Rising Reply Paid Card 1896 (Ian Menzies)

Virtual

• The Printings of the 2/- Double Head Fiscally Used (Gunnar Strehmel)
• Mother I am coming home (Peter Thy)
• Rare Fiscal Cancels on 6d Double Heads (Gunnar Strehmel)
• A story of a Rhodesian farmer (Sean Burke)
• Aerogrammes and the promotion of tourism in Rhodesia & Nyasaland (Ian Menzies)
• Various shapes and sizes of commercial envelopes used in Rhodesia 1897-1906 (Ian Menzies)
• Caps Off! For the Southern Rhodesia Admirals (Mark Thomas)
• William Thompson – American Missionary to Mount Selinda (Sean Burke)
• Picture Postcards used in Rhodesia 1902-1904 (Sean Burke)
• Fiscal datestamps on Double Heads (Gunnar Strehmel)
• Salisbury Telegraph Cancel (Peter Hickman)