Higginson and Turnbull were located at 23-28 Travlos House, Stanley Avenue, Salisbury. The business was established in 1900 and were automotive sales representatives and consultants for items such as bicycles, automobiles and parts, hardware, tools, domestic appliances, agricultural equipment, clothing and leather manufacuturing, furniture, paints, electrical and mining machinery.
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Southern Rhodesia Philately: Remington Typewriter Agency
The Remington Typewriter Agency was located in Hepworth’s Buildings, Eight Avenue, Bulawayo. The Remington Type Agency was established in 1898 in South Africa by John Garlick. The business was owned by Garlick Ltd., a private company of whom all the shareholders were members of the Garlick family. In 1910, the…
View More Southern Rhodesia Philately: Remington Typewriter AgencySouthern Rhodesia Philately: The Rhodesia Museum
In 1901 when Cecil Rhodes visited Bulawayo for the last time he received two requests, the first from the Chamber of Mines to appoint a Geologist and the second from the Rhodesia Scientific Association who wanted a museum to house their growing collection of minerals. It was suggested that…
View More Southern Rhodesia Philately: The Rhodesia MuseumSouthern Rhodesia Philately: Strachan & Co.
Strachan & Co., Salisbury, was originally established in June 1891 as Lowenstein & Strachan of Lion Pharmacy. John Strachan, a qualified chemist and druggist, ran the Salisbury branch while Leopold Lowenstein was in charge of the Johannesburg branch. Towards the end of 1891 Strachan had a thatched hut built…
View More Southern Rhodesia Philately: Strachan & Co.Southern Rhodesia Philately: Glenville Tobacco Plantations
Glenville Tobacco Plantations was located in Bulawayo. The business was run by Michael (Max) Pevsner – a Russion Jew who emigrated to Rhodesia after the Anglo-Boer War. In 1907 Pevsner purchased the nine acre Glenville Farm, located on the outskirts of Bulawayo. He was one of the early pioneers of…
View More Southern Rhodesia Philately: Glenville Tobacco PlantationsNorthern Rhodesia Philately: Johnson & Fletcher Ltd (Ndola)
Johnson & Fletcher Ltd was established in July 1897 by Harold Clarkson Fletcher and George Johnson. The head office was located in Bulawayo and opened as a consulting and general engineering business, supplying parts and equipment to gold mining companies. Additional branches were opened in Salisbury (1899), Beira (1904) and Gatooma…
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Vincent & Loynes Ltd was located in Salisbury.
View More Southern Rhodesia Philately: Vincent & Loynes LtdSouthern Rhodesia Philately: The South African Canvas Co Ltd
The South African Canvas Co Ltd was established in 1917. The company manufactured canvas products. Its headquarters was located in Johannesburg, South Africa. A branch was later established in Salisbury, Southern Rhodesia.
View More Southern Rhodesia Philately: The South African Canvas Co LtdSouthern Rhodesia Philately: C. E. G. Cumings Ltd
C. E. G. Cumings Ltd was an engineering company located at 3 and 4 Willoughby’s Buildings, Bulawayo.The business was started by engineer (Cpt) Charles Ernest George Cumings (b.1866) who arrived as a Matabeleland pioneer from Britain. Around 1891, Cumings appears to have held an interest in the Matabele Queens…
View More Southern Rhodesia Philately: C. E. G. Cumings LtdSouthern Rhodesia Philately: Msasa
Msasa was located four miles from Salisbury on the Umtali train line. It served as the depot for the Rhodesian Native Labour Bureau, The Imperial Tobacco Company’s warehouses and the African Explosives Company’s Fertliser Factory. Commerce & Industry Imperial Tobacco Co (of Great Britain & Ireland) Ltd
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