Tigerfish can refer to fish from various families, and derives from official and colloquial associations of these with the tiger (Panthera tigris). However, the primary species designated by the name “tigerfish” are African and belong to the family Alestidae. The Tiger Fish is also known as the “striped water dog.”…
View More Southern Rhodesia Philately: Tiger Fish (Hydrocynus vittatus)Rhodesian Congo Border Concession Ltd was located in Ndola. It business was established on 6 February 1923 was floated by Copper Ventures Ltd to devleop the Rhodesian Congo Border Concession – one of six concessions granted by the British South African Company. In 1926 it floated N’Changa Copper Mines Ltd, with…
View More Northern Rhodesia Philately: Rhodesian Congo Border Concession LtdThe Automobile Association of Rhodesia was located in Salisbury. The association was founded in 1923 by Sir Crawford Douglas-Jones, the Resident Commissioner for Southern Rhodesia. The purpose was to assist motorists and also to further the cause of motoring in the country. Through the generosity of some businessmen, the first…
View More Southern Rhodesia Philately: Automobile Association of RhodesiaEngland is a country that is part of the United Kingdom. The area now called England was first inhabited by modern humans during the Upper Paleolithic period, but takes its name from the Angles, a Germanic tribe deriving its name from the Anglia peninsula, who settled during the 5th and…
View More United Kingdom: EnglandThe United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland, commonly known as the United Kingdom or Britain, is a sovereign country in north-western Europe. The United Kingdom includes the island of Great Britain, the north-eastern part of the island of Ireland, and many smaller islands within the British Isles. The…
View More United KingdomIn 1919, an Evangelist and Bible Worker named Sister Somelliann, a Native of Crooked Island, visited the island of San Salvador. It was from this humble beginning that the Cockburn Town Seventh-day Adventist church was formed and an edifice build on Ward and 1st Street, Cockburn Town. Postcards 1977 –…
View More Bahamas Philately: Seventh-Day Adventist Church (San Salvador Island)Meikle’s Hotel was officially opened on 5 November 1915 in Salisbury. By 1916, an annex was added bringing the capacity to 160 rooms. Around 1930, it became part of Meikle’s Associated Hotels. References www.meikles.com
View More Southern Rhodesia Philately: Meikle’s HotelEarly records show that in 1796 a Methodist Chapel was built in the Western District of Nassau by a band of slaves under the leadership of a man named Joseph Paul. In the year 1814 a large house was adapted to make the original Methodist Chapel, seating 500 persons. This…
View More Bahamas Philately: Trinity Methodist Church (Nassau)This stone arch was named after Governor John Gregory (1849-1854), who served around 1850, and it was opened to the public on January 19, 1852. The arch, at the intersection of Market and Duke Streets, divides downtown Nassau from the rest of the island and is a street overpass to…
View More Bahamas Philately: Gregory ArchRyde House was built at Ryde from 1841 to 1844 by James Devlin. Its design is attributed to William Weaver. The house is completed in the Colonial Georgian architectural style. The land on which the house was built was originally part of a 1794 land grant to John Small and…
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