Rhodesia & Nyasaland Philately: Rhodes Inyanga National Park

The Rhodes Inyanga National Park was one of the oldest in Southern Rhodesia. It was originally established through a bequest from Cecil Rhodes from the Rhodes Nyanga Estate and in 1926 it was transformed into the Rhodes Inyanga National Park. The park contained Southern Rhodesia’s highest waterfall, Mtazari Falls which…

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Rhodesia & Nyasaland Philately: African Pygmy Kingfisher (Ispidina picta)

The African pygmy kingfisher is distributed widely in Africa south of the Sahara, where it is a common resident and intra-African migrant. It is absent from much of the horn of Africa, and also the drier western regions of Southern Africa. It is found in woodland, savanna and coastal forest,…

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Rhodesia & Nyasaland Philately: South African Tourist Corporation

The South African Tourist Corporation (known as SATOUR) was established after 1947 by an act of the South African Parliament to promote tourism in South Africa. Visitor numbers began to increase after World War II due to the re-institution of steamship and air services. The corporation was the offspring of…

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