Troutbeck Inn was located near Inyanga (Inyanga Downs). It was built in 1947 by Major Alfred Herbert MacIlwaine. It was built to represent a fine country hotel and other establishments in the Scottish homelands. In 1970, the hotel was acquired by Southern Sun Hotel Corporation of Rhodesia (Pvt) Ltd. References…
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Rhodesia Philately: Big Game Photography (Pvt.) Ltd. (K Series – Type IIIB)
Details Publisher: Big Game Photography Distributor: Printer: Big Game Photography Process: Photographer: Year: 1970 Series: K Series (Kariba/Kyle)
View More Rhodesia Philately: Big Game Photography (Pvt.) Ltd. (K Series – Type IIIB)Rhodesia Philately: Big Game Photography (Pvt.) Ltd. (V Series – Type VB)
Details Publisher: Big Game Photography (Pvt.) Ltd. P.O. Box 220, Salisbury, Rhodesia. Telephone 22200 Distributor: Printer: Process: Photographer: Big Game Photography (Pvt.) Ltd. P.O. Box 220, Salisbury, Rhodesia. Telephone 22200 Year: 1971 Series: V Series (Victoria Falls)
View More Rhodesia Philately: Big Game Photography (Pvt.) Ltd. (V Series – Type VB)Rhodesia Philately: Victoria Falls (Mosi-oa-Tunya) – Main Falls
The Main Falls is where most of the water passes over the Victoria Falls. Postcards 1968 – Pictorial Publishing Co. (Pvt.) Ltd. (Type IA) 1970 – Big Game Photography (Pvt.) Ltd. (V Series – Type IIIB) 1971 – Big Game Photography (Pvt.) Ltd. (V Series – Type VB) 1975 –…
View More Rhodesia Philately: Victoria Falls (Mosi-oa-Tunya) – Main FallsRhodesia Philately: Big Game Photography (Pvt.) Ltd. (V Series – Type IIIB)
Details Publisher: Big Game Photography Distributor: Printer: Big Game Photography Process: Photographer: Year: 1970 Series: V Series (Victoria Falls)
View More Rhodesia Philately: Big Game Photography (Pvt.) Ltd. (V Series – Type IIIB)Rhodesia Philately: 1969 Bridges of Rhodesia – 2/6d Birchenough Bridge
This stamp depicts one of the most well known of Rhodesian Bridges — the Birchenough Bridge which crosses the Sabi River 71 miles from Umtali on the road to Fort Victoria. It was a gift to the people of Southern Rhodesia from the Beit Trust and was named after the…
View More Rhodesia Philately: 1969 Bridges of Rhodesia – 2/6d Birchenough BridgeRhodesia Philately: 1969 Bridges of Rhodesia – 9d Mpudzi Bridge
The subject of this stamp is the bridge over the Mpudzi River 26 miles from Umtali on the Umtali-Birchenough road. The single 100-foot span which rises 40 feet from the river is an open spandrel twin-rib arch with a trestle approach. The bridge has a double carriageway and an overall…
View More Rhodesia Philately: 1969 Bridges of Rhodesia – 9d Mpudzi BridgeRhodesia Philately: 1969 Bridges of Rhodesia – 3d Low Level Bridge
This stamp shows a low-level bridge or causeway. The majority of these bridges were built between 1926 and 1933 in an endeavour to improve Rhodesia’s road communications at a low cost. Grants from the Beit Trust provided some £106,336 for their construction. Although under water at times during a particularly…
View More Rhodesia Philately: 1969 Bridges of Rhodesia – 3d Low Level BridgeRhodesia Philately: 1969 Bridges of Rhodesia
In Rhodesia’s early days money and. building materials were scarce and travellers whose means of transport was the coach and ox waggon had to be content with crossing rivers at their narrowest and shallowest points, all very well in the dry months of the year, but practically impossible during the…
View More Rhodesia Philately: 1969 Bridges of RhodesiaRhodesia Philately: R A Bourlay (Art- PS Series Type II)
Details Publisher: R. A. Bourlay, Greendale, Rhodesia Distributor: Printer: Art Process: Photographer: R. A. Bourlay, Greendale, Rhodesia Year: 1969 Series: Veld Life PS Series
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