JOURNAL OF THE RHODESIAN STUDY CIRCLE: NO 314 December 2026

Contents
- Editorial
- From the Chairman
- Membership Information
- Members news and correspondence
- Matters Arising
- Members Ask
- Members Share
- Reports of RSC Meetings:
- Manchester Virtual (1/8/2026)
- GB Congress (4-6/9/2026)
- Manchester Virtual (12/9/2026)
- South African Nationals (9-12/9/2026)
- Milopex 2026 – Milwaukee (25-26/9/2026)
- Manchester Virtual (3/10/2026)
- North America Virtual (17/10/2026)
- South West England (18/10/2026)
- MonacoPhil 2026 (3-5/12/2026)
- Airmail from North Nyasa via Mbeya – Peter Wingent (UK)
- ‘What might AI offer Philately in the future?’ – Ian Menzies (Switzerland)
- Zambia First Definitive Issue 1964: various varieties – Tony Banks (UK)
- Postcard Matters – Andrew Wilkie (UK) & James Gavin (Australia)
- Mozambique to Rhodesia 1894 – Patrick Flanagan (South Africa)
- The story of Chief Kumtaja – Stuart Ross (Malawi)
- Postage due counters / rooms in the Salisbury Post Office during the Federation period – Mike Barter (South Africa)
- Mpika to Eton – Patrick Flanagan (South Africa)
- Rates, Stamps and Cachets – Stuart Ross (UK)
- More of the Loosely Family – Jeremy Jackman (UK)
- Lippert Concession with Lobengula, including125 sq. miles of farmland – documents with history – Mike Barter (South Africa)
- Nyasaland postcards and AI – Ian Macdonald (Vietnam)
- Who was Who in Nyasaland at the time of the 1933 RAF Flights – Colin Fraser (USA)
- Postal Sanctions against Rhodesia implementing the second surcharge period – a new discovery – Mike Hughes (UK)
- Some thoughts on the early railway post offices: Part 1- from Deka Siding to Victoria Falls – Rob Burrett (Zimbabwe)
- Two British Bechuanaland postal stationery cards – Jules Ellenberger – Patrick Flanagan (South Africa)
- Fiscal use: 1905 Falls Issue – Jeremy Jackman (UK)
- Early BSAC Revenue Documents – Adrian de Bourbon (UK)
- Some interesting BSAC covers – Patrick Flanagan (South Africa)
- Mtengatenga Postal Museum – Stuart Ross and Tony Hawken (Malawi)
- A miscellany of Boer War covers – Patrick Flanagan (South Africa)
- Letter from Stellaland – a remarkable discovery – Alan MacGregor (South Africa)
- Some examples of surcharged post-UDI mail – Paul Smith (USA)
- Kazungula 1894 – Ian Menzies (Switzerland)
- A moment of great loneliness in Barotseland, Christmas 1918 – Ian Menzies (Switzerland)
