Postcards: Universities’ Mission to Central Africa – Pictorial Post Card II
Universities’ Mission to Central Africa
Pictorial Post Card II
| No.s | Description | Earliest Postmark Date |
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| N/A | S.S. Chauncy Maples |
Dande Mission Little is know of the Dande Mission. There are no references to Dande Mission on the TEAM website or in Hawkin’s book “Ordinary People in God’s Hands,” the most comprehensive account of TEAM’s missionary efforts in Southern Rhodesia. There is one known cover, below, from Reverend O. Blair with a Dande Mission…
Mbuma Mission Series 22200
Papal Visit of Pope John Paul II 10-13 September 1988 In 1988, Pope John Paul II made his fourth visit to Africa and his 39th apostolic journey. The Pope made a 10-day tour that was scheduled to touch down in every country that bordered South Africa while pointedly avoiding the country itself. His first stop…
Church of England St Augustine’s Mission Bishop Knight-Bruce founded St. Augustine’s mission near Penhalonga, Manicaland, in 1891. With financial support from the Society for the Propagation of the Gospel (SPG) and the Society for the Propagation of Christian Knowledge (SPCK), and volunteers who arrived from England, an industrial training school was opened in 1899. Revd…
Roman Catholic Church St. Joseph’s Mission Jesuit Father Hornig started St. Joseph’s Mission in August 1912 near Chief Hama’s village in the Chilimanzi Reserve (Tribal Trust Land), located south of Mvuma (Umvuma) in Chirumhanzu District, Midlands Province. Chief Hama initially welcomed the Jesuits, but later opposed their efforts. Nonetheless, between 1914 and 1916, the Jesuits…
British Central Africa 1892 – B.S.A.C. Overprints (4/- Value) Details Date of Issue: August, 1892 Date Withdrawn: Date Invalidated: Designer: Printer: Bradbury Wilkinson Process: Recess Paper: Thin wove paper Watermark: Perf: 14, 14.5 Cylinders: N/A Sheet: Booklet: N/A Quantity: FB