PTC: Philatelic Bureau – Bulletin No.2 of 1970
Philatelic Bureau Bulletin
No.2 of 1970
The Cedarholms Clarence and Gladys Cedarholm served as The Evangelical Alliance Mission(TEAM) missionaries in Southern Rhodesia from 1953 to 1978. Clarence’s call to missions came while serving as a medical corpsman in WWII onboard the USS New Mexico. Many of his fellow crewmen were killed when a kamikaze pilot hit the ship. Clarence felt that…
Southern Rhodesia General Post Office Details Date of Issue: 15 April 1964 Dept: General Post Office Printer: Government Printing & Stationery Paper: Quantity: 30,000 FB
Post Office Gadzema (Gadzema Station) History 1900.00.00 – Opened as a mail service by runner to Hartley. 1901.03.31 – Name changed from Gadzema Station to Gadzema. 1902.06.01 – Service by rail. 1903.08.14 – Upgraded to Post and Telegraph Office. 1909.04.01 – Office moved from Gadzema Station to near Giant Mine. 1939.00.00 – Office burgled. 1970.12.31…
Air Rhodesia (A.R) Air Rhodesia was the national airline of Rhodesia. Its head office was located on the property of Salisbury Airport in Salisbury. It was formed as a subsidiary of Central African Airways (CAA) in June 1964, but became an independent corporation on 1 September 1967. Air Rhodesia flew internal routes to Buffalo Range,…
Helga Vera Johns Helga Vera Johns was born in Southern Rhodesia and became Miss Rhodesia in 1972. Three years later, in 1975, she was elected Miss South Africa but just a few days before the Miss World competition in London, she was disqualified from taking part because she had not lived in the country she…