Royal Tour: 1934 Prince George – Commercial Covers (SR)
Royal Tour
1934 – Commercial Covers (Southern Rhodesia)
1934 – Commercial Covers (Southern Rhodesia)
McCullagh & Bothwell Bulawayo/Salisbury Isaac McCullagh and Samuel Bothwell, both from Northern Ireland, started their partnership in Kimberley in 1893 as “Men’s and Boy’s Complete Outfitters and Boot Merchants.” In 1897, Sam Bothwell was on the first train to Bulawayo and opened his first store there within weeks of arriving. In 1902, Bothwell bought land in…
Union-Castle Line The Union-Castle Line was a British shipping line that operated a fleet of passenger liners and cargo ships between Europe and Africa from 1900 to 1977. It was formed from the merger of the Union Line and Castle Shipping Line. It merged with Bullard King and Clan Line in 1956 to form British & Commonwealth Shipping, and then with South African Marine Corporation (commonly referred to as SAF-Marine) in 1973 to…
Southern Rhodesia Department of Income Tax Income tax was first introduced in Southern Rhodesia in 1918. Stationery Receipt of Lodgment 1950 – P.M.5821-H.14812
Midlands Garage (Pvt) Ltd Gwelo FB
Rhodelect Ltd Salisbury Contributors James Gavin Jeremy Jackman FB
African Consolidated Films Ltd Bulawayo/Salisbury Isadore William Schlesinger arrived in South Africa from America in 1894. Penniless at first, Schlesinger began working in the insurance industry and by 1904 he became a significant figure in the insurance world and eventually developed massive interests in land and real estate. During the Ango-Boer War, he began a…