Mashonaland Philatelic Society: First Day Covers – Southern Rhodesia
Mashonaland Philatelic Society
First Day Covers – Southern Rhodesia
Salisbury Stamp Co. (Pvt) Ltd Harare In 1980, the Rhodesian Philatelic Agencies (Pvt) Ltd changed its name to Salisbury Stamp Co. (Pvt) Ltd. It continued to produce stamp catalogues and run auctions until the mid-1980’s. Commemorative Covers Political Covers
Duly & Co Ltd Umtali
Shoesmith & Etheridge Ltd Hastings, U.K. Albert George Barrett Shoesmith (1876-1957) was the son of George Shoesmith, a grocer’s assistant. In 1899, Albert married Rosina Osborne and had become a jeweller’s assistant. In 1908 Pike’s Hastings Directory reported that he was Manager of the Sussex Post Card Co. and by 1909 was publishing real photographic…
Scanlen & Holderness Salisbury Scanlen & Holderness, was founded by Sir Thomas Scanlen (b.1834). Scanlen first set foot in Rhodesia in September 1894. For the previous twenty years he had been one of the most prominent personalities in the Cape. He had been a Member of Parliament from 1870 to 1895 and a Cabinet Minister…
William Rausch 1862-1900 William Rausch was born in Cape Colony, South Africa in 1862. Eventually he made his way to Bulawayo where established himself as a photographer. His earliest photos date from 1895. He is one of four photographers listed in Matabeleland during this time: C. Hines, C. H. Newberry, J. Parkin, and W. Rausch….
Smart & Copley Ltd Crest Series (Green) – B Series – Smart & Copley, Copyright. Bulawayo.