Presentation: 1924 – George V Admiral Definitive Series
Southern Rhodesia
1924 – George V Admiral Definitive Series
Percy M Clark General Series IIA – Brown Type II
Victoria Falls Hotel 1937-1952
Arthur Jerome Orner (1888 – 1954) Arthur Jerome Orner was born March 1888 in Port Jervis, New York. He grew up in New York City and Philadelphia, where he attended the Northeast Manual Training School (Edison High School). Mr. Orner joined the American Board of Commissioners for Foreign Missions (American Board’s) Mt. Silinda (Selinda) Mission…
McCullagh & Bothwell Bulawayo/Salisbury Isaac McCullagh and Samuel Bothwell, both from Northern Ireland, started their partnership in Kimberley in 1893 as “Men’s and Boy’s Complete Outfitters and Boot Merchants.” In 1897, Sam Bothwell was on the first train to Bulawayo and opened his first store there within weeks of arriving. In 1902, Bothwell bought land in…
Dominican Convent Harare Mother Patrick and her Dominican Sisters initially focused on their primary duties in Salisbury of providing nursing care at the hospital. But in response to repeated requests from settlers and the Jesuits, in October 1892 the Sisters – who were primarily a teaching order to begin with – opened a convent (school)….
E. T. Brown Type VA – Melsetter – Southern Rhodesia FB