The Copperbelt Philatelic Society: 1957 Royal Tour
The Copperbelt Philatelic Society
1957 Royal Tour
Roman Catholic Church Kutama Mission Jesuit Jean-Baptiste (John) Loubiere, with his assistant Joseph Dambaza, are credited with the founding of Kutama Mission, located near Norton, approximately 80 km southwest of Salisbury (Harare). Father Loubiere named it Kutama after his first convert the chief. The mission began as an outstation of Chishawasha Mission. Cassiano Ushewokunze, who…
The Evangelical Alliance Mission Mavuradontha Mission Missionaries from the Zambezi Mission established the Mavuradontha (Mavhuradonha) Mission and school near Mount Darwin in 1928. The Danielsons, missionaries from the Scandinavian Alliance Mission (later renamed The Evangelical Alliance Mission – T.E.A.M.), stayed at Mavuradonha 1940-41 in preparation for establishing TEAM’s first mission station at Msengedzi. TEAM acquired…
J Ginsberg & Co Ltd Bulawayo Joseph Ginsberg was born in London 10 November 1894. He left London to live in Rhodesia in 1920 where established J Ginsberg & Co Ltd in the same year. Previously married to Gertrude Ginsberg with two children, Faye and Louis, he later married Mabel Bones Ginsberg (b.1909) on 28…
Central African Airways 1955 – First Flight Airways Letter Service From Bulawayo From Salisbury FB
Waterlow & Sons Ltd Order 337162 File Copy
National Society for the Blind and Physically Handicapped The Rhodesian Society of the Blind and Physically Handicapped was found in Bulawayo in 1955 with the assistance of the British Empire Society for the Blind (later to be known as the Royal Commonwealth Society for the Blind and now Sight Savers International). Sir John Wilson, the…