Gwelo District
Rosmalind was a farm that had a trading store.
Mrs M E Ashwin was the postal agent for St Patrick’s Mission. On 1 December 1961, the agency was run from Garry Owen Farm owned by the Ashwins. However, the name was not deemed appropriate for postal services and the name of the nearby Rosmalind Farm was used instead.
The postal agency was closed 23 September 1963.
Greystone Insiza District Post Office History 1924.11.24 – Opened as postal agency under Shangani. Service 1924.11.24 – Postal service by runner to Shangani. Postmarks
Rhodesia & Nyasaland Government Stationery Office – 7369/56/S Details Date of Issue: May, 1957 Dept: Post Master General Reqn.: 7369/56/S Printer: S. Ltd Paper: Quantity: 150,000 FB
The Northern Assurance Company Limited Salisbury The Northern Assurance Company was established in Aberdeen in 1836 as the North of Scotland Fire and Life Assurance Company. It was incorporated under the Joint Stock Companies Registration Act and renamed the Northern Assurance Company under an act of parliament dated 30th June, 1848. The company initially had…
Tobacco Producers Floor Ltd Salisbury In 1936 the Tobacco Marketing Board committed itself to auction sales and it was soon found necessary to create a company to handle this side of the business. In 1938 Tobacco Producers Floor Ltd was established to carry out this function. The business was a success with very little changes…
Free Methodist Church The Free Methodist church is rooted in the “Holiness Movement”/Methodist tradition. In the 1850s, a group of pastors belonging to the US based Methodist Episcopal Church (MEC), began challenging the church for having “lost much of the spiritual and evangelistic fervor of [its] founding fathers.” In 1860, the dissident pastors formally broke…
Rhodesia & Nyasaland Department of Customs & Excise – Manufacturer’s Excise Bond (1754) Details Date of Issue: 9 May 1955 Reqn.: 1754 Printer: Government Printing & Stationery Paper: Quantity: 5,000 FB
