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The Rhodesian Stamp Collector’s Exchange Club
The Rhodesian Stamp Collector’s Exchange Club
Kitwe-Nkana
Kitwe-Nkana
Machine Cancellations Belmont
Commemorative Covers 1963 – World Tobacco Congress
Rhodesia Association for the Prevention of Tuberculosis (RAPT) Greetings A competition was run for the design of the 1958 RAPT Greetings issue. The Rhodesian High School Competition was won by Thomas Kyle of Que Que High School. Details Date of Issue: 1958 Designer: Thomas Kyle Printer: Rhodesian Litho of Salisbury Process: Paper: Perf: Roulette Sheet:…
Roman Catholic Church St. Anthony’s Mission Fr. Joseph Winterhaler of the Bethlehem Mission Society (SMB – or Swiss Bethlehem Fathers) established St. Anthony’s Mission in Zaka, Southern Rhodesia in 1948-49. Zaka is located approximately 50 miles southeast of Masvingo (formerly Fort Victoria) in the Ndanga Communal Land, which is populated by the Karanga peoples. Situated…
Garlick’s Office Equipment Bulawayo/Salisbury/Umtali/Lusaka John Garlick moved to South Africa in 1872 where he founded the department store that was known as Garlick’s. In 1875 he opened his first store called J.Garlick selling “General Drapery, Hosiery, Haberdashery, Millinery, Boots, etc, etc” in Cape Town. He eventually expanded with branches in Kimberley, Johannesburg and Pretoria. Business grew rapidly, he…
Filabusi Insiza District Filabusi is the district capital of the Insiza District and service centre for the surrounding mining and farming areas. Filabusi was once a major producer of gold, with mines such as Fred and Royal Family, nickel at Epoch (Bindura Nickel Corporation) and asbestos at Pangani and Croft, but all these are now closed. Post Office History 1894.07.15 –…