Category: Southern Rhodesia

Details Date of Issue: 1 April 1931 Orders: 18109 (½d,1d,4d,6d,8d,10d,1s,1/6d,2s,2/6d,5s) 22108 (8d,10d,1/6d,2/6d) 22371 (½d,1d) 22372 (4d,6d,1s,2s,5s) 22469 (½d,1d,6d,10d,2s,2/6d) 26194 (6d) 26197 (½d,1d) 26198 (4d,8d,10d,1s,1/6d,2s,2/6d) 28683 (½d) 28684 (4d,6d,8d,1s,1/6d,2s,5s) 32134 (6d) 34307 (½d) 34447 (1d) 34448 (4d,6d,1s) Date Withdrawn: 30 April 1932 (2d & 3d) Date Invalidated: 31 October 1932 (2d &…

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Details Designer: Printer: Bradbury Wilkinson & Co Ltd, New Malden, Surrey, England (all others) Process: Recess Paper:  Watermark: None Perf: 1st Printing – 12 (line) 2nd Printing – 11.5 (comb) 3rd Printing – 11.5 (comb) 4th Printing – 11.5 (comb) 5th Printing – 14 (line) 6th Printing – 14 (line) Plates: Sheet:  Quantity:…

View More Southern Rhodesia Philately: 1931 2nd Definitive Series – ½d George V

Details Designer: Printer: Bradbury Wilkinson & Co Ltd, New Malden, Surrey, England (all others) Process: Recess Paper:  Watermark: None Perf: 1st Printing – 12 (line) 2nd Printing – 11.5 (comb) 3rd Printing – 11.5 (comb) 4th Printing – 11.5 (comb) 5th Printing – 14 (line) 6th Printing – 14 (line) Plates: Sheet:  Quantity:…

View More Southern Rhodesia Philately: 1931 2nd Definitive Series – 1d George V

Details Designer: Printer: Bradbury Wilkinson & Co Ltd, New Malden, Surrey, England (all others) Process: Recess Paper:  Watermark: None Perf: 1st Printing – 12 (line) 2nd Printing – 12 (line) 3rd Printing – 11.5 (comb) 4th Printing – 12 (line) 5th Printing – 14 (line) Plates: Sheet:  Quantity: Printings:  1st Printing – 10…

View More Southern Rhodesia Philately: 1931 2nd Definitive Series – 4d George V

Details Designer: Printer: Bradbury Wilkinson & Co Ltd, New Malden, Surrey, England (all others) Process: Recess Paper:  Watermark: None Perf: 1st Printing – 12 (line) 2nd Printing – 12 (line) 3rd Printing – 11.5 (comb) 4th Printing – 11.5 (comb) 5th Printing – 12 (line) 6th Printing – 14 (line) 7th Printing –…

View More Southern Rhodesia Philately: 1931 2nd Definitive Series – 6d George V

Details Designer: Printer: Bradbury Wilkinson & Co Ltd, New Malden, Surrey, England (all others) Process: Recess Paper:  Watermark: None Perf: 1st Printing – 12 (line) 2nd Printing – 12 (line) 3rd Printing – 11.5 (comb) 4th Printing – 12 (line) Plates: Sheet:  Quantity: Printings:  1st Printing – 10 March 1930 2nd Printing –…

View More Southern Rhodesia Philately: 1931 2nd Definitive Series – 1/6d George V

The Palace Theatre was located on Abercorn Street, Bulawayo. The first building was opened 4 November 1897 to coincide with the opening of the railway. The hotel was rebuilt in 1931 and a new multi-storey block was added in the later 1930s. During this period it was under the management…

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The Union Agencies was situated in the Rayan Buildings, Abercorn Street, Bulawayo. It was one of the biggest manufacturer’s agents and brokers in Southern Rhodesia during the 1930s. It represented dozens of big and “fashionable” companies such as champagne producer Heidsieck and cognac producer Martell etc. The owner was Samuel…

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The Vumba Hotel was located in the Vumba mountains. The proprietor was Oswald Trevor Baker. Baker was the Mayor of Umtali from 1929 to 1932 and ran the hotel from the 1920s to 1930s.

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The New Selborne Hotel was located on Selborne Avenue, Bulawayo. It was owned by the South African Breweries Ltd. The hotel was originally built in the early 1930s. The hotel takes it name from Lord Selborne, High Commissioner of South Africa. Selborne visited Bulawayo in 1906, and in the following…

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