Revenue: Wightman & Co. Ltd – Salisbury
Wightman & Co. Ltd
Salisbury
Civil Censorship Southern Rhodesia (No.7) FB
1924 Empire Exhibition 23 April 1924 – October 1925 The British Empire Exhibition was opened on St George’s Day, 23 April 1924, by King Edward V and Queen Mary at the Empire Stadium.The organisers pursued four main objectives with the exhibition. They wanted to: Alert the public to the fact that in the exploitation of…
Southern Rhodesia General Post Office Details Date of Issue: 1925 Dept: General Post Office Reqn: 897 Printer: Government Printing Office Quantity: 3,000 Forms
The National Museum of Southern Rhodesia Bulawayo In 1936 the Government, acting on a recommendation made by the Museums Commission, chaired by Sir Henry Miers, took over The Rhodesia Museum under an Act of Parliament of Southern Rhodesia, and it was renamed the National Museum of Rhodesia. The control was vested in a Board of Trustees…
Thomas King 1870-1947 Thomas King was born in Craigmore, Londonderry County, Ireland, August 1870. He immigrated to the United States in 1893 at age 23. King worked his way through Oberlin Academy, Oberlin College and the Theological Seminary, graduating 1900. In May 1905, he was ordained at the Oberlin First Congregational Church. A month…
First Mail Service to Australia & New Zealand 8 December 1934 The first regular airmail from the UK to Australia left on 8th December, 1934 and arrived in Sydney on 21st December 21. The service was shared between Imperial Airways and Q.A.N.T.A.S. Letters for New Zealand were sent on by sea via the Orient Line’s…