No.263 March 2017

Vol. 67 No.1  March 2017/No.263

Contents:

  • Editorial
  • From the Chairman
  • Membership News and Information
  • Obituary: Alan Drysdall RDP, RDPSA
  • Obituary: Rev Alan Roy
  • Draft Programme for 2017 Conference
  • Memoir 22: A Guide to Rhodesian Philatelic Forgeries
  • Matters Arising
  • Members Ask
  • Reports of Meetings and Exhibitions:
    • Hong Kong STAMPEX (14-17 April, 2016)
    • BOFEX (28-29 July, 2016)
    • Adelaide Stampex and Australasian Postcard Challenge, South Australia (7-9 October, 2016)
    • SAPDAPEX and South African Philatelic Congress (12-15 October, 2016)
    • Johannesburg (22 October, 2016)
    • Mandurah, Western Australia (3-5 November, 2016)
    • Jerusalem 2016 (13-17 November, 2016)
    • Cape Town (12 November, 2016)
    • Hobart Stamp Show (18-20 October, 2016)
    • SACS Conference (12-13 November, 2016)
    • Melbourne (17 December, 2016)
    • Harare (28 May, 2016)
    • Harare (1 October, 2016)
    • Christchurch (18-20 November, 2016)
    • London (8 October, 2016)
    • London (21 January, 2017)
  • John Austin of Que Que – Sean Burke
  • Timing, as they say, is everything – John Shawley
  • A little-known forced landing – Peter Wingent
  • Double Heads on Cover – the 2d value and above – Ronnie Winchester and Sean Burke
  • Advertising Covers: African Commercial Co., Salisbury – James Gavin
  • The Postal Service in Southern Rhodesia 1902/03 – Richard Breckon
  • Postcard Forum: Andrew Wilkie
    • The lion atop the 1896 Matabele Rebellion Monument
    • More on the Argus Printing and Publish Co., Bulawayo
  • An astonishing discovery – a new 3d Double Head – Bob Gibbs
  • Southern Rhodesia Missions – Mark Loomis
  • Tales from the Archives: A Tale of Two Cities (well two Gwandas!) – Dave Collis
  • No.1 Squadron Southern Rhodesia Air Force – Censorship Revisited – David Lee