Postcards: E. T. Brown – Type IIB
E. T. Brown
Plain Back – Type IIB
This series has a border. Stamped imprint Copyright Photograph, E. T. Brown. Umtali, Southern Rhodesia on Kodak paper. The word ‘Brown’ is not in capitals like Type I.
Scout Jamboree (Ruwa Park) Salisbury Scout Park was the permanent camping site for the Boy Scouts Association. Postal Services During the 1959 Central African Jamboree, the Post Office seconded Mr John Bell, a Salisbury Scouter, from the Salisbury G.P.O. The Post Office at Ruwa Park consisted of a wooden building. All normal post office business…
G.W. Wilson & Co., Ltd G.W.W. Type IV Type IV is similar to Type IVA but has no divider.
SAPSCO Series 0700 – Real Photo Type IVBA Backing is similar to Type IVB Real Photo Card but with a publisher’s imprint and no full stop after Post Card.
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…
National Federation of Women’s Institutes Harare (Salisbury) The Women’s Institute (WI), a community-based organisation for women, was founded in Ontario, Canada, by Adelaide Hoodless in 1897. It was based on the British concept of Women’s Guilds, created by Rev Archibald Charteris in 1887 and originally confined to the Church of Scotland. It later spread to other countries. Many WIs belong to the Associated Country…
T D Ravenscroft Green Series I – Numbered (B&W) FB