Rhodesia and Nyasaland Mails – Postage Dues & Other Charges

Tassilo Burger Salisbury Tassilo Burger, a master watchmaker who had settled in Rhodesia in 1957. In 1967 he began operating Tassburg above some shops on the first floor of a building in Magaba Shopping Centre. His decision to diversify into manufacturing was based on his vision that, following the isolation of the country, such an…
Contents Philatelic Forum 1927 ½d Springbok with a partial Double Impression Philatelic Forum Interesting snippets in The Stamp Collectors’ Fortnightly Philatelic Forum 1946 An Unscheduled Visitor to Tristan da Cunha Philatelic Forum When were the ORC Overprints Demonetised (Update) Philatelic Forum The Fabulous Pelham Collection Philatelic Forum RSA Major Varieties (Update) Philatelic Forum Stanley Gibbons – A Romantic Tale Develops Philatelic Forum The First Man…
Rhodesian Study Circle Rhodesia’s Role in the Second Anglo-Boer War Dr Alan Drysdall collaborated with the Anglo-Boer War Society to produce a Memoir focusing on the participation of Rhodesian forces in the war and the philatelic record of that participation which has survived. The work is not only an historical record of the war but…
Midlands Hotel Gweru (Gwelo) The Midlands Hotel was built in the year 1927 by the Meikle brothers and is one of the oldest hotels in Gweru (Gwelo). During the 1970’s, management of the hotel passed over to the Southern Sun Hotel Pty Ltd. By 2008, the hotel was about to be demolished. Due to the challenges faced…
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)….
First Trans-African Waterways Expedition 1st June – 23rd August, 1958 In 1958, Dr Daan Marais led the First Trans-African Waterways Expedition. The group set out from the Port of Chinde in the Zambezi estuary on the Indian Ocean, 1st June. They travelled 5,792 km via four lakes and seven major rivers to meet the Atlantic…