Southern Rhodesia: Distributor of Stamps and Licences
Southern Rhodesia
Distributor of Stamps and Licences
Distributor of Stamps
Sub-Distributor of Stamps
- General Dealer’s Licence
Distributor of Stamps and Licences
Nil Desperandum Mine Shabani District Residential township eight miles from Bulawayo. Post Office History 1930.02.17 – Opened as postal agency under Shabani (later Gwelo). Service 1939.00.00 – Mail service by cyclist from Shabani. Postmarks
Scanlen & Holderness Salisbury Scanlen & Holderness, was founded by Sir Thomas Scanlen (b.1834). Scanlen first set foot in Rhodesia in September 1894. For the previous twenty years he had been one of the most prominent personalities in the Cape. He had been a Member of Parliament from 1870 to 1895 and a Cabinet Minister…
Southern Rhodesia Hartley Temporary Camp The declaration of war against Germany on 3 September 1939 by Britain triggered off the internment process, as the former was accompanied by a proclamation, whose message was repeated in the colonies newspapers: Warning all enemy subjects within the colonies to register details of their birth, passport and property…
Edward Trevor Brown Umtali Edward Trevor Brown (E.T. Brown) was born in the village of Cromford in Northumberland in 1905. His father was the village stationmaster on the old Great Central Railway and E.T. never forgave the railway company for leaving his family destitute after his father died prematurely. He left school at age 14…
Dutch Reformed Church Margaretha Hugo School for the Blind The Margaretha Hugo School for the Blind (commonly known as Copata School for the Blind) had its origins when the parents of a blind boy approached Dutch Reformed Church missionary Reverend Hugo at Chibi Mission for help. Rev. Hugo asked his wife, Margaretha, to look after…
National Museums Board Zambia The National Museums Board is a statutory body created by an Act of Parliament, Chapter 174, of the Laws of Zambia. The Board’s principal role is to contribute to the national development effort through the establishment, development and management of sustainable museums for the preservation, presentation and promotion of Zambia’s movable…