The Steenbok (Raphicerus campestris) is a common small antelope of southern and eastern Africa. It is sometimes known as the steinbuck or steinbok. There are two distinct clusters in steenbok distribution – East Africa and Southern Africa. Their coat is any shade from fawn to rufous, typically rather orange. The…
View More Rhodesia Philately: Steenbok (Raphicerus campestris)Great Zimbabwe is a medieval city in the south-eastern hills of Rhodesia. Zimbabwe is the Shona name of the ruins, first recorded in 1531 by Vicente Pegado, captain of the Portuguese garrison of Sofala. The name contains dzimba, the Shona term for “houses”. Construction on the city began in the 9th…
View More Rhodesia Philately: Great ZimbabweWankie National Park was declared a game reserve in September 1928 and became a national park under the National Park Act of 1949. It lies in the northwest of Rhodesia, just off the main road between Bulawayo and Victoria Falls. Wankie was home to the world’s largest elephant herd, many…
View More Rhodesia Philately: Wankie National ParkThe Rhodes National Gallery was located in Salisbury, Southern Rhodesia. The gallery was officially opened by the Queen Mother, Queen Elizabeth, on July 16, 1957. It was designed and directed by Frank McEwen, a British citizen credited with bringing Shona Sculpture to the spotlight. The institution changed its name to…
View More Rhodesia Philately: Rhodes National GalleryCentenary Park was located in Bulawayo. The park was established in 1897 and included North Park, Central Park, Princes Park and the area adjacent to the swimming pool. North Park was re-named Centenary Park 1953 as part of the Central African Rhodes Centenary Exhibition. Postcards 1975 – Big Game Photography…
View More Rhodesia Philately: Centenary ParkBlakiston Street, Salisbury, is named after John Lionel Blakiston. Blakiston was born in Sussex, England. In 1893 he travelled to South Africa. While in South Africa he was offered a post with the Transcontinental Telegraphs Construction in Mashonaland. During the 1896 Mashona Rebellion, Blakiston volunteered and was sent to bring…
View More Rhodesia Philately: Salisbury – Blakiston StreetThe Southern Reedbuck (Redunca arundinum), or common reedbuck, is a diurnal antelope typically found in southern Africa. It was first described by Pieter Boddaert, a Dutch physician and naturalist, in 1785. The coat is silky and almost woolly and the colour ranges between light and greyish-brown, and may be lighter…
View More Rhodesia Philately: Southern Reedbuck (Redunca arundinum)Lake Kariba is the world’s largest artificial lake and reservoir by volume. Lake Kariba was filled between 1958 and 1963 following the completion of the Kariba Dam at its north-eastern end, flooding the Kariba Gorge on the Zambezi River. Hotels, Clubs & Accommodation Cutty Sark Hotel Things to Do…
View More Rhodesia Philately: Lake KaribaDevil’s Cataract is located on the Rhodesian side of Victoria Falls and is the lowest of the five Falls, with a drop of 60m. It is separated from the rest of the Falls by Cataract Island. It is the smallest of all the five Falls. The Devil’s Cataract is the…
View More Rhodesia Philately: Victoria Falls (Mosi-oa-Tunya) – Devil’s CataractDelonix regia (also known as Flamboyant) is a species of flowering plant in the bean family Fabaceae, subfamily Caesalpinioideae native to Madagascar. It is a flowering shade tree with a large, flat top that is covered with flowers in summer. The flowers are large, with four spreading scarlet or orange-red petals…
View More Rhodesia Philately: Flamboyant Tree (Delonix regia)