African Postal Heritage; African Studies Centre Leiden; APH Paper 24, part 2; Ton Dietz

Southern Rhodesia 1937-1953; Version January 2018

African Studies Centre Leiden

African Postal Heritage

APH Paper 24, part 2

Ton Dietz

Southern Rhodesia 1937-1953

January 2018

Introduction
Postage stamps and related objects are miniature communication tools, and they tell a
story about cultural and political identities and about artistic forms of identity
expressions. They are part of the world’s material heritage, and part of history. Ever
more of this postal heritage becomes available online, published by stamp collectors’
organizations, auction houses, commercial stamp shops, online catalogues, and
individual collectors. Virtually collecting postage stamps and postal history has recently
become a possibility. These working papers about Africa are examples of what can be
done. But they are work-in-progress! Everyone who would like to contribute, by
sending corrections, additions, and new area studies can do so by sending an email
message to the APH editor: Ton Dietz ([email protected]). You are welcome!

Disclaimer: illustrations and some texts are copied from internet sources that are publicly available. All
sources have been mentioned. If there are claims about the copy rights of these sources, please send an
email to [email protected], and, if requested, those illustrations will be removed from the next
version of the working paper concerned.

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African Studies Centre Leiden

P.O. Box 9555
2300 RB Leiden
The Netherlands

Telephone +31-71-5273372
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Illustrations cover page:

ASC Leiden postage stamp Nederland (2011): ©African Studies Centre Leiden
Cape of Good Hope postage stamp 1853:
http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/7c/Cape_Triangular_Postage_Stamp.jp
g/400px-Cape_Triangular_Postage_Stamp.jpg
Egypt postage stamp 1914:
https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/4/4b/Post_Stamp_Egypt.jpg

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Table of contents

Part 1: 1

Introduction 4

Postage and Revenue stamps of Southern Rhodesia 1924-1937 5

Part 2: 65

Postage and Revenue stamps of Southern Rhodesia 1937-1953 68

Part 3: 108

Rhodesia and Nyasaland 1953-1964 111

Postage stamps of Southern Rhodesia 1964 134

Postage stamps of Rhodesia, self-rule, 1965 137

Postage stamps of Rhodesia, self-declared Independence, 1965-1979 142

1970 Self-declared Republic 157

Zimbabwe-Rhodesia 1979-1980 170

Zimbabwe 1980 onwards 173

Postmarks on stamps of Southern Rhodesia / Zimbabwe 194

Note on sources 198

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1937 (25/11) King George VI, 13 postage stamps. (Mi 42-54)

http://www.rhodesia.co.za/Images/large/RA7054.jpg: “Basic set of 13 values plus additional

unlisted shades of all values, the ½d x 3, all clearly distinct. A lovely group and a good basis
for further study. Superb unmounted. SG 40-52”.

http://www.rhodesia.co.za/images/thumbnails/SR858_tn.jpg: “BORROWDALE / S.
RHODESIA sc relief, crisp complete strike dated 23 AU 48, on KGVI 1d on piece, creased
lower left. Very scarce”.
http://www.postmarks.co.za/PH%20Southern%20Rhodesia%20Bikita%20to%20Buhera.htm:
“BORROWDALE. 05.01.1948 to 10.11.1965. Salisbury suburb”.

http://www.rhodesia.co.za/Images/large/RA9170.jpg: “DAWSONS dc, large part strike dated

28 FEB 1938, on pair KGVI 1d definitives.”.

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http://www.rhodesia.co.za/Images/large/SR402.jpg : “(HI)GHLANDS sc relief, crisp part

strike dated 9 JY 46, on 1d KGVI. Scarce.”.

http://www.rhodesia.co.za/Images/large/RA3513.jpg: “MADUMABISA dc, very fine

complete strike dated 9 MAR 49, on pair KGVI 1d's on piece.”

http://www.rhodesia.co.za/Images/large/SR435.jpg: “SOTI SOURCE dc, fair complete strike

dated 23 MAR 48, on KGVI 1d on piece. Scarce.”.

http://www.rhodesia.co.za/Images/large/SR409.jpg: “THEYDON dc, good part strike date (?)

DEC 1945, on KGVI 1d on piece.”.

http://www.postmarks.co.za/images/Avondale%201.jpg: “AVONDALE. Suburb of Salisbury.

Open: 16.12.1914 to 10.11.1965”.

http://www.postmarks.co.za/images/Karoi%202.jpg: “KAROI. 01.03.1947 to 10.11.1965. Postal

agency under Sinoia. Post Office from 1951”.

http://www.postmarks.co.za/images/Bindura%201950.jpg: “BINDURA. 01.03.1913 to

10.11.1965. Renamed from Kimberley Reefs”. See:
http://www.rhodesianstudycircle.org.uk/bindura/: “Bindura, Mazoe District. Bindura was
originally named Kimberley Reefs after the gold mine which was opened in 1901. It changed
its name to Bindura on 1st March, 1913 when the railway arrived. The first basic school in
Bindura opened in 1912. Post Office History. 1913.03.01 – Name change from Kimberley
Reefs to Bindura”.

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http://www.postmarks.co.za/images/Junction%20Gate%201945.jpg: “JUNCTION GATE.

01.10.1929 to 31.12.1934; 24.08.1935 to 12.09.1943; 01.07.1944 to 31.03.1956; 01.06.1956
to 30.11.1962. Postal agency under Chipinga”.

https://tbn.bidorbuy.co.za/image/fetch/dpr_1.0,f_auto,t_btbnx/http://img.bidorbuy.co.za/i
mage/upload/user_images/497/1114497/160916000416_192.jpg Cancelled MARANDELLA

http://www.rhodesianstudycircle.org.uk/wordpress/wp-
content/uploads/2017/08/Bushtick.D2-290x300.jpeg. Cancelled BUSHTICK. See:
http://www.rhodesianstudycircle.org.uk/bushtick/: “Bushtick, Umzingwane District. Bushtick
Mine was a gold mining operation established by the British South Africa Company in the
1920’s. The mine was a substantial producer of gold and was initially thought to be part of a
significant deposit of precious metal in the area but this did not prove to be the case. It
thrived during the period 1932 to 1947, peaking in 1938, and closing down in 1951. After the
mine was closed, its facilities were to become the basis of Falcon College, a higher education
level school for boys aged 12-18. Frederick Courtney Selous, the noted scout, hunter,
conservationist and adventurer, had his farm nearby. Post Office History. 1911.03.31 –
Telegraph Office. 1921.00.00 – Reduced from a Money and Telegraph Office to a Post and
Telegraph Agency. 1935.00.00 – Re-opened as a Postal Agency. 1948.00.00 – Postal Agency
under Essexvale.”.

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http://www.rhodesianstudycircle.org.uk/wordpress/wp-
content/uploads/2017/08/Mashaba.D2-300x270.jpeg: “Mashaba, Victoria District.

Mashaba (now known as Mashava) is a small mining town. Asbestos was and still is being
mined in this small town. There are three mines in the town: Gath’s Mine, King Mine and
Temeraire Mine. Post Office History. 1915.05.22 – Opened as a postal agency under Fort
Victoria. 1915.06.09 – Upgraded to a post and telegraph office. 1951.00.00 – Post Office hit
by lightning strike causing fire damage. Service: 1915.05.22 – Mail service by runner to Fort
Victoria. 1929.06.02 – Daily mail motor service.”.

http://www.postmarks.co.za/images/Cranbourne%201943.jpg: “CRANBORNE. 02.02.1942 to

10.11.1965”.

http://www.rhodesianstamps.net/Southern_Rhodesia/1937_1950_KGVI_Stamps/6_menu.jp
g

http://www.rhodesianstudycircle.org.uk/wordpress/wp-content/uploads/2017/08/Queens-
Mine.D2-292x300.jpeg. Cancelled QUEENS MINE. See:
http://www.rhodesianstudycircle.org.uk/queens-mine/: “Queens Mine, Bubi District.
Queen’s Mine is a village that grew up around the now closed Queen’s Mine. The gold mine
was pegged on the site of ancient diggings in 1893. It derived its name from the nearby
Ndebele queen’s kraal. Post Office History: 1911.10.02 – Opened as a postal agency under
Bulawayo. Service: 1911.10.02 – Mail service by coach/mail cart to Bulawayo. 1914.09.07 –
Mail service by motor car. 1916.04.30 – Mail service by coach resumes. 1925.09.22 – Daily
mail service by motor car”.

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http://www.rhodesianstudycircle.org.uk/wordpress/wp-content/uploads/2017/08/Turk-
Mine.D5-288x300.jpeg: “Turk Mine. Bubi District. Turk Mine is a village that grew up around
a gold mine of the same name and serves as an administrative centre for the surrounding
mining and ranching area. Post Office History. 1927.10.22 – Opened. 1936.00.00 – New post
office building opened. 1936.03.01 – Upgraded to a money and telegraph office. Service:
1936.03.01 – Mail by motor service from Bulawayo”. .

http://www.rhodesianstudycircle.org.uk/wordpress/wp-
content/uploads/2017/08/Wanderer-Mine.D2-300x250.jpeg: “Wanderer Mine. Selukwe
District. Post Office History: 1936.04.01 – Opened. 1952.00.00 – Closed when mine closed.
Service: 1936.04.01 – Mail by cyclist to Selukwe”.

http://www.rhodesianstudycircle.org.uk/wordpress/wp-
content/uploads/2017/08/Arcturus.D4-300x194.jpeg. Cancelled ARCTURUS.

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http://www.postmarks.co.za/images/Greendale%201951.jpg: “GREENDALE. 01.04.1951 to

10.11.1965. Salisbury suburb”.

http://www.postmarks.co.za/images/Juliasdale%201951.jpg: “JULIASDALE. 15.05.1951 to

10.11.1965. Postal agency under Salisbury”.

http://www.rhodesianstudycircle.org.uk/wordpress/wp-
content/uploads/2017/08/Umfeseri.D1-300x176.jpeg: “Umfeseri. Makoni District. Post
Office History. 1949.12.01 – Opened as a postal agency under Macheke”.

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http://www.stevedrewett.com/images/7856.jpg: “SOUTHERN RHODESIA - 1937 1/2d

yellowish green PSC unused. H&G 5.”.

http://www.rhodesianstamps.net/Southern_Rhodesia/Postal_Stationery/SR640_Wrapper_H
&G4.jpg: “Postal Stationery Newspaper Wrapper. SR 640. 1938 ½d KGVI, H&G 4. Missing
from most collections”.

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http://www.rhodesia.co.za/Images/large/SR286.jpg: “1937 KGVI 1d Letter Card, red on

bluish card. Cancelled 'SALISBURY / S. RHODESIA 27 FEB 1957' but unaddressed. H&G A3”.

http://www.rhodesia.co.za/Images/large/RA7339.jpg: “1951 26th December, KGVI 1d postal

stationery envelope (H & G B5), uprated with KGVI 8d and 1/- definitive plus 3d large Falls
(SG 45, 48, 35b), sent airmail to England. Attractive and clean.”.

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http://www.rhodesianstamps.net/Southern_Rhodesia/Postal_Stationery/SR611_Lettercard_
H&G3a.jpg : “KGVI 1d Later printing brown red on green blue, H&G 3a”.

http://www.rhodesia.co.za/Images/large/RA5322.jpg: “1943 6th May, KGVI 4d registered

envelope (H & G C3, A type heading), uprated with 2d large Falls (SG 29, on reverse),
cancelled ‘BULAWAYO’, addressed to the Cape. Attractive and uncommon.”.

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http://www.rhodesia.co.za/Images/large/SR311.jpg: “1946 21st November, KGVI 6d Air

Letter. Type I with simulated perforations (H&G F1), cancelled 'SALISBURY' datestamp to
Palestine. Fine and uncommon.”.

http://www.rhodesianstudycircle.org.uk/wordpress/wp-
content/uploads/2017/08/Eastnor.D4-300x177.jpeg: “Eastnor. Originally known as Motapa
Mine until 1948. Post Office History. 1948.02.29 – Re-named Eastnor.”.

1938 booklets

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http://www.rhodesia.co.za/Images/large/RA6815.jpg : “1938 KGVI 2/6 booklet. Showing

printed postage rates on inside front cover. Front cover type 2 with non serifed ‘6’ of ‘2/6’,
no glassine between panes. Very fine and complete. SG SB4 (3rd or 4th printing)”.

http://www.rhodesianstamps.net/Southern_Rhodesia/Booklets/SB4_exploded(2).jpg

http://www.rhodesianstamps.net/Southern_Rhodesia/Booklets/SB4_exploded(3).jpg

http://www.rhodesianstamps.net/Southern_Rhodesia/Booklets/SB4_exploded(4).jpg

“SR 140. SB4 1938 2/6 Booklet 3rd Reprint With Postage Rates On the inside cover
Exploded covers, interleaving plus ½d and 1d panes of 6 Outside covers are thin glossy card
A much rarer version than the 4th reprint”.

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http://www.rhodesianstamps.net/Southern_Rhodesia/Booklets/SB4a_complete_(2).jpg: “SR
142. SB4a 1938 2/6 Booklet - 4th reprint With new Postage Rates on gummed label (1945)
Pasted on the inside cover”.

1937 Revenue stamps

http://www.rhodesia.co.za/Images/large/SRR82.jpg: “1937 KGVI, complete set of nine

values 3/- to £50, including the 7/6 black. Very fine used. A lovely and very scarce group.
Mewett 274-282”.

http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/61/Q.Q._Mines_cheque_Southe
rn_Rhodesia_1940.jpg/440px-Q.Q._Mines_cheque_Southern_Rhodesia_1940.jpg : “Revenue
stamps of Rhodesia – A Southern Rhodesia revenue stamp from 1937.”.

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http://www.rhodesianstamps.net/Southern_Rhodesia/Revenues/SR%20407.jpg: “SR 203.

10/-, £2, £10 & £50 revenues on piece . Oval cancel 20 DEC 45”.

http://www.rhodesia.co.za/Images/large/RA8469.jpg: “c1937 KGVI ½d definitive

handstamped 'EXCISE' diagonally in violet. Creased, fine unmounted. Uncommon.”.

http://www.rhodesia.co.za/Images/large/SR774.jpg: “c1937 KGVI 1d definitive handstamped

'EXCISE' in violet. Horizontal strip of three, left stamp defective and creased. Unmounted. A
very scarce multiple.”.

1940 Stationery for Revenue purposes

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http://www.rhodesia.co.za/Images/large/SRR115.jpg: “1940 18th April, printed green on

green Rhodesia Chrome Mines cheque (now folded for display), embossed with heavily over-
inked orange oval 'SOUTHERN RHODESIA / ONE PENNY / REVENUE' impression, another
partial alongside and additionally with KGVI 1d definitive pen cancelled.”

1939 Neopost

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http://www.rhodesianstamps.net/Southern_Rhodesia/Postal_History/SR715_Early_Meter_
Mail.jpg: “SR 715. Envelope to the local Tax office from the department store. Haddon & Sly
with a very early Neopost 2 1d Meter mark posted. BULAWAYO 17 IV 39”.

1940 (3/6) Fifty Years BSAC, 8 postage stamps. (Mi 55-62)

http://www.rhodesia.co.za/Images/large/SR506.jpg: “Plate proofs. Complete set of eight

values complete design, imperforate types each in a vertical or horizontal pair. Security
punctures, with gum very fine unmounted. Scarce group. SG 53-60 plate proofs”.

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https://www.freestampcatalogue.nl/media/catalog/product/cache/1/small_image/400x400
/040ec09b1e35df139433887a97daa66f/r/z/rzp0055.jpg

https://s-media-cache-
ak0.pinimg.com/originals/d7/38/6c/d7386cbef7b59d0ce07a466df21ac272.jpg : “Southern
Rhodesia 1940 BSA Jubilee Set”.

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http://www.stevedrewett.com/images/11222.jpg: “SOUTHERN RHODESIA - 1940 registered

cover to Belgian Congo with PASSED BY CENSOR h/s”.

https://i.ebayimg.com/thumbs/images/g/TUMAAOxyBPZTifmU/s-l225.jpg Cancelled
UMTALI.

http://www.rhodesianstudycircle.org.uk/wordpress/wp-
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http://www.rhodesia.co.za/Images/large/RA2809.jpg: “1940 B. S. A. Jubilee, coloured

publicity label for this event ‘VISIT SOUTHERN RHODESIA for the JUBILEE CELEBRATIONS’
dated July – Sept. 1940. Very fine unused with gum. Attractive.”.

c1942 Patriotic labels

http://www.rhodesia.co.za/Images/large/RA1484.jpg: “c1942 patriotic label 'WE REALISE IN

RHODESIA / (etc.) / THE BRITISH NAVY', in red and blue on cream. Very fine unused with
gum.”.

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http://www.rhodesia.co.za/Images/large/RA2353.jpg: “c1942 War Fund propaganda label,

red and blue on white, rouletted. ‘THE NATIONAL WAR FUND OF S. RHODESIA’ in a ‘V’
shaped panel. Very fine unused.”.

1941 Stationary for Revenue purposes

http://www.rhodesia.co.za/Images/large/RA1109.jpg : “1941 24th December, printed green

on white cheque from the 'BLUE & VEE MINES, LIMITED' issued for £28 14/6, struck with
embossed oval 'SOUTHERN RHODESIA / ONE PENNY / REVENUE' and KGVI 1d definitive pen
cancelled. Attractive.”.

1943 (1/11) 50 Years occupation of Matabeleland, 1 postage stamp. (Mi 63)

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http://www.rhodesia.co.za/Images/large/SR103.jpg: “2d, hat brim retouch flaw, (constant,

row 1/8 right pane) centre stamp in upper marginal strip of three. Superb unmounted. SG
61a, 61”.

http://www.rhodesia.co.za/Images/large/RA8608.jpg: “SAUERSTOWNSHIP dc, complete

strike dated 17 MAY 54, on 2d Matabeleland on piece. Uncommon.”.

http://www.postmarks.co.za/images/Beatrice%20mine%201943.jpg: “BEATRICE (MINE).

Postal agency in the Hartley District. Open: 07.10.1911 to 10.11.1965”. See:
http://www.rhodesianstudycircle.org.uk/beatrice/: “Beatrice; Hartley District. Beatrice is a
village named after the Beatrice gold mine, around which it grew. The mine was in operation
from 1895 to 1945 and was named after Beatrice Borrow, the sister of Lieutenant Henry J.
Borrow, a member of the Pioneer Column. European settlers also established Beatrice Farm,
a large ranch that may have been populated with cattle which they had looted from the

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Ndebele. Post Office History. 1901.00.00 – Opened as a telegraph office. 1905.03.31 –

Telegraph office closed. 1911.10.11 – Renamed Beatrice Mine. 1953.00.00 – New post office
building opened and name reverted to Beatrice.”.

http://www.postmarks.co.za/images/Keynshamburg%201.jpg: “KEYNSHAMBURG.
17.12.1934 to 01.06.1944. Postal agency under Gwelo”.

http://www.postmarks.co.za/images/Kirriemuir%202.jpg: “KIRRIEMUIR. 02.05.1938 to

19.02.1951.Postal agency under Salisbury”.

http://www.rhodesia.co.za/Images/large/AR189.jpg: “c1945 2/6 KGVI booklet. Front cover

type 2 with non serifed ‘6’ of ‘2/6’, advertising interleaving and glassine between panes,
blank inside front cover. Very fine and complete, unexploded. SG SB4b (5th printing)”.

1945 cover V.E. Day.

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http://www.rhodesianstudycircle.org.uk/wordpress/wp-content/uploads/2017/08/Nil-
Desperandum.D4-300x174.jpeg. Cancelled NIL DESPERANDUM MINE.

1947 (1/4) Visit of the Royal Family, 2 postage stamps. (Mi 64-65)

http://www.filat.ch/images/pictures/pikw046.jpg: “SOUTHERN RHODESIA 1947 KGVI ROYAL

VISIT WATERLOW SPECIMENS UM”.

https://www.freestampcatalogue.nl/media/catalog/product/cache/1/small_image/400x400
/040ec09b1e35df139433887a97daa66f/r/z/rzp0064.jpg

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http://www.rhodesia.co.za/Images/large/RA1077.jpg: “1947 7th April, cover bearing Royal

Visit set in blocks of four, each cancelled with the special oval crested 'ROYAL TOUR' strike in
BLUE. Attractive.”.

http://www.rhodesianstamps.net/Southern_Rhodesia/Postal_History/1_menu.jpg ROYAL
TRAIN.

1947 (8/5) Victory in Second World War, 4 postage stamps. (Mi 66-69)

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http://www.filat.ch/images/pictures/lukj046.jpg : “SOUTHERN RHODESIA 1947 KGVI

VICTORY WATERLOW SPECIMENS UM”.

https://www.freestampcatalogue.nl/media/catalog/product/cache/1/small_image/400x400
/040ec09b1e35df139433887a97daa66f/r/z/rzp0066.jpg

https://i.ebayimg.com/thumbs/images/g/9ucAAOSwCotZn7rG/s-l225.jpg Cancelled UMTALI

http://www.postmarks.co.za/images/Banket%20Junction%202%20cover.jpg: “BANKET
(BANKET JUNCTION). In the Lomagundi District, Money order office from 1927. Open:
14.11.1906 to 10.11.1965”.

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http://www.postmarks.co.za/images/Dett%201947.jpg: “DETT. 01.02.1917 to 10.11.1965.

Wankie District”.

https://www.picclickimg.com/d/l400/pict/401174642500_/1947-Southern-Rhodesia-
Victory-issue-First-Day-cover.jpg. Cancelled AVONDALE.

1948 Neopost

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http://www.rhodesianstamps.net/Southern_Rhodesia/Postal_History/SR731_Postage_paid_
in_cash.jpg: “Envelope to USA with BULAWAYO 23.3.48 machine cancel POSTAGE PAID IN
CASH”.

1949 (10/10) 75 Years Universal Postal Union, 2 postage stamps. (Mi 70-71)

https://www.freestampcatalogue.nl/media/catalog/product/cache/1/small_image/400x400
/040ec09b1e35df139433887a97daa66f/r/z/rzp0070.jpg

http://www.rhodesianstudycircle.org.uk/wordpress/wp-
content/uploads/2016/01/1949.10.10-Macheke-300x181.jpg: “Macheke, Marandellas
District – Southern Rhodesia. Postcard c.1929 B.Wallace Collection. ate: 01.04.1903 –
10.11.1965. Type: Railway sub office under Umtali. Postal agency (01.04.1903 – 12.08.1903).
Post office (15.12.1913). “.

1951 (1/10) Postage Due stamps (6 different values with ‘Southern Rhodesia’ printed on
Postage Due stamps of Great Britain ). (Mi P 1-6)

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http://www.filat.ch/images/pictures/khta107.jpg: “SOUTHERN RHODESIA POSTAGE DUE

1951 UM & U SETS”.

1952. Additional Postage Due stamp (idem). (Mi P 7)

http://www.raritanstamps.com/Catold/66/LotImg/359.jpg

http://www.filat.ch/images/pictures/ackd089.jpg

https://cdn.globalauctionplatform.com/cc0fe8c7-8151-470d-b4fb-a78b010a3d15/86b19cbc-
3429-48bb-b5b3-a78b010d8403/original.jpg

http://www.rhodesianstamps.net/Southern_Rhodesia/Postage_Dues/D6_block_used.jpg:
“SR 128. SG D6 . 4d Grey green . Cancelled REDCLIFFE 5 FEB 1952. One of only 4 recorded
Used blocks”.

1950 (12/9) 50 Years Rhodesia, 1 postage stamp with Victoria, George VI, and Arms. (Mi 72)

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https://www.freestampcatalogue.nl/media/catalog/product/cache/1/small_image/400x400
/040ec09b1e35df139433887a97daa66f/r/z/rzp0072.jpg

1953 (15/4) 100th birthday Cecil Rhodes, 5 postage stamps. (Mi 73-77)

https://www.freestampcatalogue.nl/media/catalog/product/cache/1/small_image/400x400
/040ec09b1e35df139433887a97daa66f/r/z/rzp0073.jpg

http://www.postmarks.co.za/images/Kumalo%20Airport%204.jpg: “KUMALO (AIRPORT). 07.07.1942

to 05.03.1946; 01.08.1949 to 31.12.1956”.

http://www.rhodesia.co.za/Images/large/RA7406.jpg: “KUMALO AIRPORT dc, complete

strike dated 15 IV 53, on 4½d Rhodes Centenary on piece. Uncommon.”.

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http://www.postmarks.co.za/images/Barham%20Green%201953.jpg: “BARHAM GREEN.

Postal agency in a suburb of Bulawayo. Open: 01.08.1951 to 30.07.1955”.

1953 (30/5) Exhibition in Bulawayo celebrating 100th Birthday of Cecil Rhodes, 1 postage
stamp. (Mi 78)

https://www.freestampcatalogue.nl/media/catalog/product/cache/1/small_image/400x400
/040ec09b1e35df139433887a97daa66f/r/z/rzp0078.jpg

http://www.rhodesianstudycircle.org.uk/wordpress/wp-
content/uploads/2017/08/RT53.R1539-300x175.jpg: “ROYAL TOUR: 1953 QUEEN MOTHER
AND PRINCESS MARGARET – COMMERCIAL COVERS”.

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http://www.rhodesianstudycircle.org.uk/wordpress/wp-
content/uploads/2017/08/RT53.3.0002-300x192.jpg

http://www.rhodesianstudycircle.org.uk/wordpress/wp-content/uploads/2017/08/RT53.4-
226x300.jpg: “This Royal Tour was specifically scheduled to open the Rhodes Centenary
Exhibition in Bulawayo, as well as the unveiling of the Fairbridge Memorial. The tour was
originally scheduled for Princess Elizabeth, but due to the King George VI’s death in February
1952 schedules were rearranged, with the Queen Mother and Princess Margaret attending
instead. On 30th June, 1953 the Royal Party set out from London on a trip to Southern
Rhodesia in a Comet jet airliner which was part of the British Overseas Airways Corporation
(BOAC) fleet.”.

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http://www.rhodesia.co.za/Images/large/SR319.jpg: “1953 QEII 6d Rhodes Centenary

Exhibition Air Letter. Very fine unused. H&G F7”.

1953 (1/6) Queen Elisabeth II, Coronation, 1 postage stamp. (Mi 79)

https://www.freestampcatalogue.nl/media/catalog/product/cache/1/small_image/400x400
/040ec09b1e35df139433887a97daa66f/r/z/rzp0079.jpg

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https://i.ebayimg.com/thumbs/images/g/IL0AAOSw71xZo2d6/s-l225.jpg Cancelled HILLSIDE

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http://www.rhodesianstudycircle.org.uk/wordpress/wp-
content/uploads/2017/08/RT53.S1.jpg

1953 (31/8) Regular series with Queen Elisabeth II, 14 postage stamps. (Mi 80-93)

https://www.freestampcatalogue.nl/media/catalog/product/cache/1/small_image/400x400
/040ec09b1e35df139433887a97daa66f/r/z/rzp0080.jpg

http://www.rhodesia.co.za/Images/large/SRR149.jpg : “1953 QEII dual-purpose definitive

set of 13 values to the £1 (missing only the 9d, SG 78-84, 86-91) each fiscally used. A very
scarce assembly.”.

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https://76.my/Malaysia/southern-rhodesia-1953-qe2-day-cover-to-zealand-jennyte-1407-
[email protected]: “Southern Rhodesia 1953 QE2 first day cover to New Zealand”.

http://www.postmarks.co.za/images/Causeway%20(2).jpg: “CAUSEWAY. 07.06.1949 to

10.11.1965 Post office in a Salisbury suburb”.

http://www.postmarks.co.za/images/Colleen%20Bawn%205.jpg: “COLLEEN BAWN.

28.01.1908 to 19.09.1913; 22.10.1913 to 31.06.1920; 08.03.1948 to 10.11.1965. Gwanda
District”.

http://www.postmarks.co.za/images/Eldorado%204.jpg: “ELDORADO (MINE). 18.02.1907 to

01.11.1919. 15.01.1921 to 31.03.1962. Postal agency under Sinoia”. See:
http://www.rhodesianstudycircle.org.uk/eldorado-mine/: “Eldorado Mine. Lomagundi
District – Southern Rhodesia. Date: 18.02.1907 – 1920. Type: Postal agency under Sinoa
Departmental office (01.01.1909 – 31.07.1909) Service: Runners to Banket Junction. Rail
(06.03.1911). Notes: Changed its name to Eldorado (1920-21). Office destroyed by fire
(28.12.1930)”.

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http://www.postmarks.co.za/images/Gadzema%201953.jpg: “GADZEMA (STATION).

20.09.1898 to 23.11.1920; 03.08.1921 to 10.11.1965. Postal agency under Salisbury”.

http://www.postmarks.co.za/images/Gaths%20Mine%201954.jpg: “GATH'S MINE.

01.05.1949 to 02.01.1959; 02.05.1959 to 10.11.1965. Postal agency under Salisbury”. See:
http://www.rhodesianstudycircle.org.uk/gaths-mine/: “Gath’s Mine, Victoria District –
Southern Rhodesia. Date: 01.05.1949 – 10.11.1965. Type: Postal agency under Mashaba”.

http://www.postmarks.co.za/images/Inyazura%201954.jpg: “INYAZURA. 16.11.1904 to

30.11.1907; 29.05.1922 to 10.11.1965. Postal agency under Umtali, PO from 1927”.

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https://s-media-cache-
ak0.pinimg.com/236x/92/af/4f/92af4f80e8c9ca494334a77c5e54035c.jpg: “SOUTHERN
RHODESIA - 1954 - REDCLIFF (mDC) DATE STAMP ON SG80”.

https://s-media-cache-
ak0.pinimg.com/236x/c2/e8/8d/c2e88d6782dc8813cf9d0d2e8678379d.jpg: “SOUTHERN
RHODESIA - 1954 - AVONDALE (mDC) DATE STAMP ON SG80”.

http://www.rhodesianstamps.net/Southern_Rhodesia/Postal_Stationery/SR635_Registered
_envelope_H&G7.jpg Cancelled UMVUMA

http://www.filat.ch/images/pictures/riga059.jpg: “SOUTHERN RHODESIA BOOKLET 1954 2/6

YELLOW VF COMPLETE”.

http://www.rhodesianstamps.net/Southern_Rhodesia/Booklets/SB5_booklet_pane.jpg: “SR
148. Ex SB5. 1954 1d Booklet Pane”.

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http://www.rhodesia.co.za/Images/large/SR320.jpg : “1953 QEII 6d Baobab Air Letter,

watermark 'KENT VALE / E / PARCHMENT'. Very fine unused. H&G F8”.

1953-54 Revenue stamps

http://www.rhodesia.co.za/Images/large/RA9882.jpg: “1953-54 Arms, complete set of 17

values to £50. Very fine used. Mewett 302-318”.

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http://www.rhodesia.co.za/Images/large/RA3130.jpg: “1953 £20 Arms, in combination with

2/- x 3 and 10/- values, on piece pen cancelled. Attractive. Mewett 308, 312, 317”.

http://www.rhodesia.co.za/Images/large/F100.jpg: “1957 23rd November, page from

Memorandum of Agreement Document, applied with £5 and pair £50 Arms revenues, oval
greenish blue 'SALISBURY 28 NOV 1957' cancels. Fine & attractive.”.

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http://www.rhodesia.co.za/Images/large/F101.jpg: “1962 23rd February, cover bearing

three 1d Arms REVENUE stamps 'SINOIA / S. RHODESIA 23 FEB 1962' datestamp to Salisbury.
Apparently allowed as no tax endorsements. Unusual.”.

http://www.rhodesianstamps.net/Southern_Rhodesia/Revenues/SR%20414.jpg: “SR 224.

2/6 Block of 4. Used”. Cancelled GWELO.

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