Type I
These cards can be found with a Cuboree 70 postmark.
| No.s | Description | Earliest PMK Date |
|---|---|---|
| 32 | Gwelo in the Midlands of Southern Rhodesia... | |
| 34 | The Great Zimbabwe Ruins Hotel... | |
| 35 | The Eastern Wall of the Ellipitical Tower... | 01/05/1970 |
| 36 | The skill and ingenuity of the mysterious builders... |
John Walter Soper 1876-1953 John Walter-Soper (popularly known as Jack Soper) was a Londoner born in October 1876, came to Southern Rhodesia via South Africa and settled in Victoria Falls in 1905 where he got his first job as a toll collector at the Victoria Falls Bridge. In 1906, the toll on the bridge was…
Big Game Photography (Pvt) Ltd Type VIIIA (G4 Series) FB
Crumplin & Harrison Ltd Bulawayo/Gwelo In the mid-late 1920’s A.Harrison teamed by with another business partner named Crumplin to form Crumplin & Harrison Ltd. The business ran both the Bulawayo and Gwelo News Agencies and sold books. It is plausible that Crumplin may have owned the Gwelo News Agency. By the 1930’s, both businesses were…
A W Bardwell & Co (Pvt) Ltd Bardwell was established by Arch Bardwell. Bardwell arrived in Rhodesia in 1906. By 1936, the business was occupying the Banking Hall of the Union Building. Around the 1960’s, Bardwell’s was printing for R A Bourlay. There was a court case between the two but details are sketchy. The…
Percy M Clark General Series II Black Booklet I – Victoria Falls This type of card has a square for the postage box and is printed in black. There is a ‘.’ at the end of Victoria Falls. FB
