Author: thedigitalphilatelist

Modern telecommunications equipment is the subject of this stamp. Rhodesia was the first country in Africa, and one of the first six in the world, to have subscriber trunk dialling facilities when equipment, designed and built by post office engineers, was introduced to the public system in March, 1954. Details…

As the railway pushed northwards so too did the first telegraph line. This followed a route from Mafeking to Palapye and on to Macloutsie, where it then followed the same route taken by the pioneer column to reach Salisbury. The stamp shows a typical construction party of the time. Details…

The contrasting stamp illustrates the loading of mails at Salisbury’s international airport. This airport, with one of the longest runways in the world, can accommodate any of the great modern aircraft now in service. Extensive use is made of the facilities available for the conveyance of mails by air to,…

Less than a hundred years ago the first postal services followed closely on the heels of the pioneer column sent by Rhodes to occupy Mashonaland. The mails were carried by relays of despatch riders of the British South Africa Company’s Police. The 2½c stamp depicts a despatch rider of the…

The Posts and Telecommunications Corporation Act, 1970 provides for the establishment of a statutory corporation to undertake the management and operation of the postal, telegraph and telephone services in Rhodesia with effect from the 1st July, 1970. This legislation terminates a distinguished era of almost 80 years of spectacular achievement…