Royal Tour: 1957 Queen Mother – Commemorative Covers
Royal Tour
1957 – Commemorative Covers
Free Methodist Church Lundi Mission The Lundi Mission was founded in 1939 by Reverend Ralph and Ethel Jacobs of the Free Methodist Church. Lundi is located near Masvingo (formally Fort Victoria) in southeastern Zimbabwe. In 1928, Rev. Jacobs, then in Portuguese East Africa, received a letter from Chief Sengwe. The chief asked Jacobs to come and give…
Machine Cancellations Raylton
The Rhodesian Stamp Collector’s Exchange Club First Day Covers – Rhodesia & Nyasaland 1962 – 1959 Definitive Series (Additional Value)
C. W. George United States of America Charles A. George from Brooklyn, New York, began producing cacheted First Day Covers in 1919. The cachets were produced on a hand printing press and inscribed C.A.G. or C.George at the bottom of the design. With the birth of his son, he also began inscribing the cachets with…
1936 Empire Exhibition 15 September 1936 – 15 January 1937 The 1936 Empire Exhibition was held in Milner Park, Johannesburg to bring together ideas, people and objects from South Africa and the Empire.The event coincided with the Johannesburg Jubilee celebrations (50 years since gold was discovered in the Highvelds). The Exhibition was held over the…
Dutch Reformed Church Chibi Mission The Berlin Missionary Society (BMS) established Chibi Mission near Chief Madhangove’s stronghold at Nyaningwe Hill (currently in Chivi District, Masvingo Province, Zimbabwe) in 1894 under the supervision of Reverend Diedricks. The mission was met with resistance from the local inhabitants, the Chivi people, and by 1907, only three “kraal schools”…