PTC: Philatelic Bureau – Bulletin No.4 of 1972
Philatelic Bureau Bulletin
No.4 of 1972
Haim Galante 1890-1980 Haim Galante was an Italian Jew from Rhodes Island, Greece. In 1913, Isaac Simon Benveniste, who had established a furniture trade in Gatooma after he arrived in 1908, offered Galante and his friend Jacques Nissim Alhadeff a post in his furniture business in Chakari. Another trader, Behor Leon established himself at…
Hama Postal Agency Opened 1 July 1975 Hama Postal Agency was opened on 1 July 1975. It was closed in 1978 following an attack during the armed conflict and was re-opened two years later in 1980.
Mobil (Rhodesia) Salisbury Originally founded in 1866 as the Socony-Vacuum Oil Company, Mobil is a major American oil company which merged with Exxon in 1999 to form a parent company called ExxonMobil. It was previously one of the Seven Sisters which dominated the global petroleum industry from the mid-1940s until the 1970s. During the UDI period, allegations were aimed at the Mobil Oil…
United College of Education Bulawayo United College of Education is located in the second largest city of Zimbabwe, Bulawayo, along the Old Victoria Falls Road. The campus with its unique buildings is nestled on the western edge of the city, six kilometres from the city centre. It occupies a tranquil site far from the sounds…
Departments of Posts and Telegraphs Postal Notice No.36 of 1912 Details Date: 7 August 1912 Notice: 36/1912
Rhodesian Bible Institute The Rhodesian Bible Institute was opened by Mr. and Mrs. George Bates circa 1953 in the Seki Township outside of Salisbury, Southern Rhodesia (Harare, Zimbabwe). It was initially associated with the “Assemblies of God”. The Bates were graduates of the South African Bible Institute in Brakpan, Transvaal, operated by the “Assemblies of…