Philatelic Society of Rhodesia: First Day Covers – 1940 British South African Company’s Golden Jubilee
Philatelic Society of Rhodesia
1940 – British South African Company’s Golden Jubilee
1940 – British South African Company’s Golden Jubilee
Flowing Bowl Mine Mazoe District Flowing Bowl Mine was one of a number of individual, self-contained small workings in the Jumbo area. In 1934 these small workings numbered fifteen and all within five miles of Jumbo Siding. Each workings operated on an east-west striking northerly dipping reef. General Asbestos Co Ltd acquired the workings in April…
E. T. Brown Type VII – Southern Rhodesia (Coloured)
Alliance Assurance Company Ltd London The Alliance British and Foreign Life and Fire Assurance Company Ltd commenced business on 23 March 1824 and was based at New Court for its first two years. Business concentration within the insurance industry in the second half of the 20th century brought the Alliance to merge with the Sun…
First Flight Central Africa to UK 6 November 1964 With the introduction into service of the Vickers VC10 on 1 October 1964, British United Airways (BUA) became the first private UK carrier to begin sustained jet operations. BUA’s takeover of the South American services of British Overseas Airways Corporation (BOAC) to Argentina, Brazil, Chile and Uruguay on 5 November 1964 marked a major…
Gimbel Brothers First Day Covers – Southern Rhodesia 1937 – Coronation
E. T. Brown Type IVA – Subject – Inyanga – Southern Rhodesia FB