J Stephen: First Day Covers – Southern Rhodesia
J Stephen
First Day Covers – Southern Rhodesia
Last Day of Rhodesia 31 May 1979 On 31 May 1979, Ian Smith left the stage as Prime Minister on the last day of white rule in Rhodesia. His legacy was a state unrecognised by the international community, subjected to trade boycotts, and a country ravaged by civil war. On his last day in office,…
Department of Lands Letter of Quitrent Payment (Type I) FB
Percy M Clark General Series III
Clark’s Curio Store Animal Series Photographs by Ronald D. K. Haddon, Federal Information Department. FB
100th Anniversary of the Death of David Livingstone (Series 2) Malawi Details Date of Issue: 12th December, 1973 Designer: PAD Studio Perf: 13.5 Watermark: Cockerels (sideways) Printer: The House of Questa Print Type: Lithographed
Bindura Mazoe District Bindura was originally named Kimberley Reefs after the gold mine which was opened in 1901. It changed its name to Bindura on 1st March, 1913 when the railway arrived. Bindura is probably an Anglicised version of the Shona Phrase, pindura mhuka, meaning “turn the game.” The first basic school in Bindura opened in 1912. It…