Kariba Gorge is a large, natural gorge through which flowed the Zambezi River on the border of Zambia and Zimbabwe, Africa. It is home to a large numbers of wildlife and the local Tonga people. Stamps & Postal Products 1953 Definitive Series – 2/6d Kariba Gorge References Wikipedia: Kariba Gorge
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Southern Rhodesia Philately: E Oxley & Co
E Oxley & Co were located on Stanley Avenue, Salisbury. The business was established in 1894 and specialised in oil, colour, paint, glass and artist supplies.
View More Southern Rhodesia Philately: E Oxley & CoSouthern Rhodesia Philately: 1924 Definitive Series – Commercial Mail
A A F Philip & Co Ltd B Bothwell & Co Bulawayo Board of Executors and Trust Company Limited C Central Cotton Ginneries (Southern Rhodesia) Ltd D E F Fraser & Chalmers (S.A.) Ltd (Bulawayo) G Gloria Cycle Works G North & Son Ltd Grand Hotel (T McMurray &…
View More Southern Rhodesia Philately: 1924 Definitive Series – Commercial MailSouthern Rhodesia Philately: Victoria Falls – Main Falls
The Main Falls is where most of the water passes over the Victoria Falls. Postcards 1964 – Packaging and Printing Industries (Pvt) Ltd (Type IIID) 1964 – R A Bourlay (Bardwell – Type II) References Siyabona Africa
View More Southern Rhodesia Philately: Victoria Falls – Main FallsSouthern Rhodesia Philately: Gwelo
Gwelo was located in central Southern Rhodesia. The town was founded in 1894 as a military outpost. It’s name originated from the Matabele settlement iKwelo (“The Steep Place”), after the river’s high banks. Commerce & Industry Peter Falk
View More Southern Rhodesia Philately: GweloSouthern Rhodesia Philately: Victoria Falls
Victoria Falls (also known Mosi-oa-Tunya – The Smoke That Thunders) is a waterfall on the Zambezi River. It is located between Zambia and Rhodesia and is one of the world’s largest waterfalls. Though known to some European geographers before the 19th century, Scottish missionary David Livingstone identified the falls in 1855,…
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A B Balancing Rocks (Epworth) Birchenough Bridge C D E F G Great Zimbabwe H I J K Kariba Gorge L Lake Kyle M N O P Q R Rhodes Grave Rhodesia Museum S Salisbury & District Publicity Association Southern Rhodesia Publicity Bureau T U Umtali Publicity Association V Victoria…
View More Southern Rhodesia Philately: Things to DoSouthern Rhodesia Philately: Selukwe
Selukwe was established in 1899 by the British South Africa Company and Willoughby’s Consolidated Co Ltd. Its name was derived from a nearby bare oval granite hill that resembled the shape of a pigpen (selukwe) of the local Karanga people. The town was established in 1899 on the Selukwe…
View More Southern Rhodesia Philately: SelukweSouthern Rhodesia Philately: Birchenough Bridge
Birchenough Bridge is the name for both a bridge across the Sabi River. The bridge was funded at a cost of £145,000 and was planned by the Beit Trust, a foundation chaired at the time by Sir Henry Birchenough whose ashes are buried beneath the structure of the bridge. Ralph Freeman,…
View More Southern Rhodesia Philately: Birchenough BridgeSouthern Rhodesia Philately: Thos. Cook & Son – Wagon-Lits (S.A.) Ltd.
Cook-Wagon-Lits was located in Stanley House, Stanley Avenue, Salisbury and also Lonrho House, Main Street, Bulawayo. Thomas Cook & Son, was founded by Thomas Cook in 1841 in Britain. In 1924, the company was renamed Thomas Cook & Son Ltd., after acquiring limited liability status. A new headquarters was opened…
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