First Day Covers – Rhodesia & Nyasaland
Bulawayo Club Bulawayo The Bulawayo Club was founded in 1895. Three buildings existed prior to the current day building. In 1935, the current building was erected: the foundation stone was laid the Prince George during his 1934 Royal Tour. Like other similar establishments in other ex-colonies, the Club was established as a social hub for…
Cooperation Internationale Belgique-Outremer (Coopibo) Causeway Coopibo is a Belgian non-governmental organisation that was established in 1962. The NGO specializes in gender, small farmers, methodological support and is limited to a number of countries. In 1976, Coopibo separated from the International Building Order and became an independent, pluralist non-governmental development organization. In the 1980s, Coopibo profiled itself as…
Churches of Christ Namwianga Mission Namwianga Mission was founded near Kaloma, Northern Rhodesia (Zambia) by Churches of Christ missionaries Dow and Helen (Alice) Merritt in 1932 (the Merritt’s first arrived in 1926). Encompassing 6,000 acres, the mission originally consisted of three separate farms that were consolidated during the 1940s and 1950s. The mission began primary…
American Board Mission Chikore Rev. and Mrs. Wilder of the American Board Mission (American Board or ABM) opened Chikore Mission in 1895. Chikore is located in Manicaland Province, Southern Rhodesia (Zimbabwe), 18 miles northwest of its sister mission station at Mount Silinda (Selinda). Chikore initially consisted of three farms on a total 18,000 acres on…
Wesleyan Methodist Church The Wesleyan Methodist Church, currently known as “The Methodist Church of Great Britain,” is a mainline Protestant denomination and “mother church” to Methodists worldwide. Methodism originated through the work of John Wesley and his brother Charles in the 1700’s. Following John Wesley’s death in 1793, the revival movement separated from the Church…
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