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Photography by David Trickett. Published by Big Game Photography (Pvt.) Ltd. P.O.Box 220, Salisbury Type 7A Printed in blue with matt backing. Some of the description, including Series/Number are in bold. F Series Type 7B Printed in blue with matt backing. Small font used for complete description including Series/Number. B…

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The Flame Lily (Gloriosa superba) is Rhodesia’s national flower. It is often found near or on rocky kopjes in good humus soil, and visited by the migrating African Vagrant butterflies when it blooms in December. The Shona name of Kajongwe is particularly apt for, as the wind shakes the plant,…

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Adenium obesum, also known as Sabi Star, is a poisonous species of flowering plant belonging to the tribe Nerieae of the subfamily Apocynoideae of the dogbane family, Apocynaceae. It is native to the Sahel regions south of the Sahara (from Mauritania and Senegal to Sudan), tropical and subtropical eastern and…

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Meikle’s Hotel was officially opened on 5th November, 1915 in Salisbury.  In 1913, Thomas Meikle decided to pursue his vision (originally conceived with brother Stewart before he died) of constructing a hotel on the influential site of Cecil Square in the heart of Salisbury. In 1969 plans were created to…

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Aloe musapana is a small perennial herb, suckering to form dense clusters of pendent stems. It is named after Mount Musapa in Rhodesia, where the species occurs. It grows on sheer rock faces in full sun but out of reach of fire. Stamps & Postal Products 1975 Aloe 75 –…

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Cecil Square was located in Salisbury and was named in honour of Cecil John Rhodes (1853-1902). Rhodes and his British South Africa Company founded the southern African territory of Rhodesia which the company named after him in 1895. On 12 September 1890, a small pioneer column under Lt. Col. Edward…

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Robins camp is named after Herbert George Robins who had acquired two farms in the early 1900’s.  Robins put a stop to shooting and took active steps to stop poaching on his land, and developed a large private zoological park.  A government gazette issued on 24th February 1928 announced that…

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Aloe ortholopha is an aloe native to open grassland at 1450–1525 meters altitude in Rhodesia. t is a succulent perennial and grows primarily in the seasonally dry tropical biome. Stamps & Postal Products 1975 Aloe 75 – 7½c Aloe ortholopha References Wikipedia: Aloe ortholopha

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Lake Kyle lies in south eastern Rhodesia. It is thought to have been named after Kyle Farm which occupied most of the land required for the lake, which in turn was named after the Kyle district in Scotland from which the pioneer of the Lowveld, Tom Murray MacDougall came originally.…

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