Category: Malawi

Mangochi is a township in the Southern Region of Malawi. It was founded by colonial administrator Sir Harry Johnston in the 1890s as a British colonial defence post on the littoral plain of the Shire River’s western shore.  After this, Fort Johnston – as the town was then known – was…

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Blantyre was founded in 1876 through the missionary work of the Church of Scotland. It was named after Blantyre, South Lanarkshire, Scotland, the birthplace of the explorer David Livingstone. In 1956 it was merged with its sister city, Limbe to form one city. The city’s status as Malawi’s centre of…

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Lilongwe is located in the central region of Malawi, in the district of the same name, near the borders with Mozambique and Zambia It is named after the Lilongwe River. In 1965, Malawi’s first president, Hastings Kamuzu Banda, selected Lilongwe as an economic growth point for northern and central Malawi.…

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Zomba was the capital of first British Central Africa and then Nyasaland Protectorate before the establishment of Malawi in 1964. It was also the first capital of Malawi and remained so until 1974, when Lilongwe became the capital. It is located at the base of the Zomba Plateau. Hotels, Clubs…

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In 1964, Ku Chawe Inn, located on a plateau outside of Zomba, was one of the only private-owned hotels in Malawi. It provided 36 beds for guests. In 1969, the Government bought out the inn. In 1970, the hotel was extended and refurbished under Phase 3 of the Government’s Hotel…

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Lake Malawi, previously known as Lake Nyasa, is an African Great Lake and the southernmost lake in the East African Rift system, located between Malawi, Mozambique and Tanzania. It is a meromictic lake, meaning that its water layers do not mix. It is the fifth largest fresh water lake in…

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A B Blantyre C D E F G H I J K L Lilongwe M Mangochi N O P Q R S T U V W X Y Z Zomba

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  SAPRA Studio was a postcard publisher based in Nairobi, Kenya. Postcards RM Series – Type B

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The Copperbelt Philatelic Society was established in 1936 and was located in Kitwe, Zambia. Two of the more prominent members/officers were Samuel Koslowsky (Sam Kelly) and Neil Hartley. A number of philatelic covers exist from Koslowsky after being sent to family members in Latvia, France and Canada between 1935 to…

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