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The Following Three sections offer a wide range of Postmarks starting The next section features Postmarks from Southern Rhodesia on the
with Northern Rhodesia on the Arms Issues, Large Arms, 1905 Victoria Falls stamps, Small Arms,
Double Heads and Admirals. Double Heads and Admirals.
The final section includes an A to Z collection of over 50 Southern Rhodesia Postmarks on Double Heads
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This Section Includes Postmark Rarities include

Northern Rhodesia Postmarks Scroll Down Single Circle Chienji
On Arms Issues Squared circle Kampanda
On Double Heads The Page Double circle Chiwefwe - SOLD
On Admirals Some are a once in a Lifetime chance to acquire
Postmarks on Arms issues
BSAC 201 BSAC 202 BSAC 203 BSAC 205 BSAC 207
ABERCORN BROKEN HILL BWANAMKUBWA CHIENJI OC 19 02 FEIRA
16 MAY 02 9 JUN 1910 - Type 4 30 MAY 19? Year inverted - Type 1 18APR 1913
Type 5sw £15 £10 Type 4 £15 Single Circle Very Rare £80 Type 4x £15
FEIRA FIFE FORT JAMESON FORT JAMESON KALOMO N.W.R.
18APR 1913 JA 17 10 - Type 1 13 APR 07 - Type 5sz 30 MAY 11 - Type 5sz 18 ? 03 - Type 6
Type 4x £15 Scarce £20 £10 £10 Very Rare £30
KALOMO KALUNGUISI KAMPANDA KASAMA KASEMPA
27 DEC 1905 11 MAR 09 - Type 5sw NO 10 03 - Type 3 JU 5 2 - Type 1 APR 1910 - Type 4x
Type 4x £15 Scarce £20 £2000 Scarce £20 Scarce £30
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LIVINGSTONE LEALUI MPIKA NDOLA PEMBA
3 MAY 1910 - Type 4x.1 16 DEC 1909 - Type 4x MR 7 10 - Type 3 20 AUG 1909 FEB 1909
£10 Scarce £25 Very Rare SOLD Type 4x £10 Type 4x £20
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BSAC 251 BSAC 252 BSAC 253 BSAC 254

ABERCORN ABERCORN FEIRA BROKEN HILL
12 APR 13 - Type 5sw 8 AUG 12 - Type 5sw 7 FEB 1912 - Type 4x 11 FEB 1913 - Type 4
£10 £10 £20 £10

KAFUE KALOMO LEALUI LUSAKAS
15 JUL 1913 - Type 4x 6 SEP 1912 - Type 4x 30 MAR 1911 - Type 4x 16 AUG 1912 - Type 4x
£25 £15 £20 £20
BSAC 263 BSAC 264

LIVINGSTONE MKUSHI
25 NOV 1911 & 15 AUG 13 - Types 4x & 18 25 NOV 1912 - Type 4x
£20 Scarce £25
BSAC 268 BSAC 270

PEMBA SHESHEKE
7 DEC 1911 23 OCT 11
Type 4x Type 4sw Scarce
£20 £20
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BROKEN HILL BWANAMKUBWA CHISAMBA CHOMA FORT ROSEBERY
23 DEC 1920 20 NOV 1919 Type 9t - Part strike 17 OCT 1920 - Type 4x 4 MAY 1923
Type 11t - Scarce £25 Type 4 - Scarce £25 £10 £10 Type 11t £20
CHIWEFWE BSAC 305 BSAC 306

11 NOV 1918 - Type 11tx CHOMA FEIRA
Two complete strikes on the day WWI ended 6 JUL 1922 3 APR 1921
Two other examples known On SG 294 - Type 4x Type 4x
SOLD £60 £20

FORT ROSEBERY KAFUE KALENE HILL KALOMO
12 AUG 1921 19 SEP 1922 Type 4x - Rare 17 OCT 1918
Type 11t £20 Type 4x Scarce £20 £30 Type 4x £15
KASAMA KASEMPA KAWAMBWA LIVINGSTONE LIVINGSTONE
30 JAN 22 17 OCT 1921 10 NOV 1916 Code B - JU 6 21 Code C - JY 13 20
Type 11z - Scarce Type 4x - Scarce Type 7A - Scarce Type 1A Type 1A
£20 £30 £30 £30 £20
BSAC 321
LIVINGSTONE
Code D
AP 11 20
Type 1A
BSAC 320 £50 BSAC 322
LIVINGSTONE LIVINGSTONE
Code C - MY 23 21 Code E - JY 8 20
Type 1A £20 Type 1A £40

LIVINGSTONE LUSAKAS LUSAKAS LUSAKAS - 17 JUN ?
21 MAR 22 - Type 19 2 FEB 1922 - Dent in outer arc FEB 1923 - Dent in outer arc Type 4x - In Blue
£10 Type 4x - Scarce £20 Type 4x - Scarce £20 Very Scarce £35


MAZABUKA MAZABUKA MKUSHI MONGU LEALUI
25 OCT 1922 29 JAN 1924 2 AUG 1922 24 OCT 1918
Type 11t £15 Type 11t £15 Type 4x £30 Type 7A £25
MONGU LEALUI MONZE MPIKA NDOLA PEMBA
10 OCT 1914 20 JUL 192 - Second year digit omitted 29 JUL 1915 13 OCT 1920 28 JUN 1915
Type 7A £20 Type 7 £20 Type 5 £25 Type 4x £10 Type 4x £20
BSAC342 BSAC 343 BSAC 344 BSAC 345 BSAC 346

PEMBA PETAUKE SERENJE SERENJE SHESHEKE
6 FEB 1922 3 JUL 21 - Type 11s Scarce £35 29 JAN 1919 2 MAY 1923 16 JUL 1918
Type 4x £20 Type 7B £25 Type 7B £20 Type 7A £15
Southern Rhodesia Postmarks

This section Includes This section features postmarks from
Southern Rhodesia Postmarks Antelope Mine to Zimbabwe
On Large Arms Issues Barred Diamond ‘A’ (Salisbury) plus
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On 1905 Victoria Falls Miscellaneous cancels and inludes numerous rarities
On Small Arms Issues The Page Joker Mine, Makupekupen, Marshbrook, Sibali,
On Double Heads Tarn Estate, Tati (Excised), TPO Down,
On Admirals Victoria Falls S. Africa
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BELINGWE BROMLEY B.S.A.C. CAMP CHARTER
14 NOV 00 OC 30 97 - Type 6 - By far the earliest date NO 2 00 - BULAWAYO Type 5z
Type 7z (Previously JA 2 00) Very Rare Type 6G Scarce
£20 Magnificent strike £750 Scarce £20 £25


EAGLE HAWK FILABUSI ENKELDOORN - On SG 72 FRANCESTOWN (TATI excised)
31 OCT 01 12 DEC 99 26 JAN 98 - Type 13sx DE 25 9 (1897) Year digit above month
Type 7w - Rare Type 7w A total of 225,470 stamps - Remainder on its side Type 4 with TATI excised
£50 £15 Cancelled - Commercial use of stamp rare 13 examples recorded Very rare &
£50 seldom offered £750
TATI excised - The above example (Ex Sinton) was illustrated, being a hand-drawn sketch, by Dann (1950) - Nodder (1956) and
Knight & Mitchell (1984) With the year digit (9) at first at an angle & later placed upright - Thus it appears as a ‘6’ instead of a ‘9’
See my article in The Rhodesian Philatelist No 36
FRANCESTOWN GADZEMA GEELONG HARTLEY INGWANIA
SOUTH AFRICA 13 JAN 01 2 JUL 02 AU 27 01 9/1/99 - Type 5
JA 1 9 (1899)-Type SA 1z Type 7w Type 7w Type 6 Manuscript date
Scarce £15 £10 £20 £10 Very Rare £80
INSIZA LOMOGUNDI ORTONS DRIFT SEBANGA POORT SELUKWE
JU 22 99 - Type 6 FE 18 00 - Type 6 Part strike - Type 13x 2 APR 00 - Type 7z MATABELELAND
Very Rare Very scarce Rare £15 OC 12 98 - Type 4
£70 £20 £10 Scarce £30
BSAC 452 BSAC 453 BSAC 454

TATI TULI TULI
MATABELELAND MATABELELAND RHODESIA
15 MR 96 - Type 4 Type 5a JA ? 99 - Type 6
Rare £40 Rare £30 Rare £30
Postmarks on Victoria Falls


SALISBURY SELUKWE KOPJE SALISBURY
25 JUL 05 5 - -PM NO 8 05 - Type 10z 9 AUG 05 - Type 13sz
Type 9.1 - Early use £10 £15 SOLD
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ANTENIOR MINE AYRSHIRE MINE AYRSHIRE MINE BALLA BALLA
AU 03 - Type 10z 20 MAY 03 - Type 12 5 APR 1906 - Type 13z DE 30 10 - Type 11 Skeleton
Rare £100 Rare £75 £50 £60
BATTLEFIELDS MINE BELINGWE BLINKWATER EAGLE HAWK ENTERPRISE
13 JUN 08 - Type 12z 24 JUN 03 - Type 7z 28 FEB 1907 - Type 13x OCT 00 - Type T7w AU 31 04 - Type T10
£15 £10 £85 Rare £25 Rare SOLD
GOLDEN VALLEY GUBULAWAYO GWANDA INSIZA STATION INYATI
29 APR 1908 SP 22 9- Code 2 NO 19 05 7 APR 1909 20 NOV 1907
Type 13x above date - Type B1B Type 10z Type 13x Type 13x - Scarce
£20 £20 £20 £15 £20

INYATI JOKER MINE MAKUPEKUPEN MELSETTER
AUG 1910 4 DEC 09 - Type 13sw DEC 03 - Type 12x MR 29 10
Type 13x - Scarce Extremely Rare Very Rare Type 10z
£20 £450 £75 £20

ORTONS DRIFT PENHALONGA PENHALONGA SEBAKWE TULI - MASHONALAND
7 JUN 03 - Type 13sx 22 FEB 09 - Type 12w Type 13.1 on SG 118 29 MAY 03 - Type 7w NO 19 ? - Type 5a
Rare SOLD £15 £10 Very Scarce £40 £50
TULI - RHODESIA UMSWESWE VICTORIA VICTORIA WEST NICHOLSON
JU 20 08 - Type 6 11 AUG 09 - Type 13x JA 27 00 - Type 1A MASHONALAND 11 JAN 1909 - Type 13x
Rare £35 Scarce £20 Blank at foot £15 AU 10 03 - Type 5a £10 £20
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ANTELOPE MINE ARCTURUS P.O. BALLA BALLA BATTLEFIELDS MINE
16 MAY 1912 - Type 13 23 JUN 1912 - Type 13x Double circle - Type 13.1 9 JAN 11 - Type 12z
£25 £20 £20 £20

BEMBESI BUSH TICK COLLEN BAWN ELDORADO MINE
20 DEC 1912 - Type 13x 13 SEP 1913 - Type 13.1 11 AUG 1912 - Type 13x 29 NOV 1910 - Type 13x
£15 £20 £10 Early DH date £25

ENKELDOORN FIGTREE SP 31 GADZEMA GATOOMA
13 JAN 13 - Type 13sx (Day Inverted - No Year) Type 4 1 MAY 12 - Type 7w 28 MAR 1912 - Type 13x
£10 £30 £10 £10

GOLDEN KOPJE GOLDEN VALLEY GWANDA GWELO
18 JUL 1913 - Type 13 6 APR 1912 - Type 13x 29 APR 11 - Type 13sw 29 SEP 19? - Type 13x.1
Rare £80 On Perf 15- Scarce £30 £10 £10

HARTLEY INSIZA STATION INYATI JUMBO MINE
AP 24 12 - Type 6 - M.D.Y. 2 APR 1912 - Type 13x 6 DEC 1913 - Type 13x 27 DEC 1911 - Type 13x.l
£15 £15 Scarce £25 Scarce £35

KIMBERLEY REEFS LALAPANZI MACHEKE MAKOWRIES
Type 13x - Scarce 13 JUN ? - Type 13.1 29 DEC 11 - Type 13sx JY 14 13 - Type 10
£25 £10 £10 Rare £80

MAKWIRO MARANDELLAS MARSHBROOK MATOPOS
7 OCT 1913 - Type AP 11 12 - Type 6 2 JUN 1912 - Type 13 17 JUL 12 - OD Flaw - Type 12x
£10 Scarce £15 Rare £100 Scarce £25

MAZOE MELSETTER MOUNT SELINDA MTOKO
25 MAY 1913 - Type 13.1 NO 25 10 - Early date 11 MY 12 - Type 6 2 AUG 1911 - Type 13x
On Perf 15 £10 Type 10z £15 £10 £10

NYAMANDHLOVU ODZI PAULINGTON PEGGY MINE
7 DEP 1912 Type 13x 28 APR 11 - Type 7w 11 APR 1911 - Type 13 19 JUL 1913 - Type 13
£10 £20 £15 Rare £80

PENHALONGA PENHALONGA PLUMTREE QUE QUE
29 APR 12 - Type 12w 24 NOV 1911 - Type 13.1 1 APR 12 - Type 7w 13 JUN 1912 - Type 13x.2
On Perf 15 £20 £30 £10 £10

RUSAPE SELUKWE S.C. SHAGARI SHAMVA
1 JUL 1913 - Type 13x 29 JA 13 - Type 10z 18 SEP 1913 - Type 13 24 JUL 1913 - Type 13x
£10 £15 £40 £10

SHANGANI SIBALI SINOIA TURKOIS MINE
1 MR 2 (1912) - Type 6 18 JAN 1912 - Type 13 11 OCT 1913 - Type 13.1 20 MAY 191? - Type 13x
SOLD Rare £125 £10 Rare £60

TPO UP TPO DOWN 21 FEB 1913 TPO DOWN
29 MAR 1913 - Type 13 Double Circle, three strikes on two 1d Double head singles 21 SEP 1912 - Type 13
Scarce £35 Originally both from the same cover - Rare multiple franking Rare £100
£200

UMBOE UMSWEWE UMVUMA VICTORIA S.C.
16 May 13 Type 13 27 MAY 1911 - Type 13x 12 SEP 1913 - Type 13z NO 17 10 - Early date
Scarce £35 Scarce £40 £10 Type 5a £25

VICTORIA D.C. VICTORIA FALLS WANKIES ZIMBABWE
13 MAR 1913 - Type 13.1 29 JUN 1912 - Type 13x 12 DEC 1911 - Type 13x.1 1 NOV 13 - Type 13 - Rare
£25 £20 £10 £60


Barred Diamond A CORK Cancel - Potatoe shape CORK Cancel - Potatoe shape CORK Cancel - Irregular Shape
Type 2 - Used at Salisbury On ½d Perforation 13½ 1d Perforation 13½ On SG 136 – Used at ?
£40 £20 £20 Only example seen SOLD
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ANTELOPE MINE ARCTURUS P.O. BALLA BALLA BATTLEFIELDS CHIPINGA
11 FEB 1921 29 NOV 1919 26 JUN 1917 (‘MINE’ excised) 27 NOV 1915
Type 13 Type 13x Type 13.1 4 MAY 19 - Type 12z Type 13x.1
£10 £20 £20 £15 £15
BEATRICE MINE ELDORADO MINE FIGTREE GLENDALE STN HEADLANDS
2 AUG 1920 - Type 13 8 JAN 1916 15 JUN 1921 25 AUG 20 - Type 13s 21 DEC 19 - Type 7w
£25 Type 13x £15 Type 13 £10 Scarce £25 £10
HEANY GWANDA HUNTERS ROAD INORO INYANGA 9 APR 1921
17 AUG 1923 - Type 13x 12 JUN 23 - Type 13sw MAR 1920 - Type 13 Type 13 Scarce Type 13x On SG 272a
£10 £15 £15 £20 £25
LALAPANZI LONELY MINE FEB 1921 MACHEKE MAKWIRO MARANDELLAS
29 JUN 1919 - Type 13.1 Type 13.1 - (Two Items) 5 DEC 17 - Type 13sx 29 MAR 1917 - Type 13 10 MAY 1917 - Type 13.1
£10 £10 £10 £10 SOLD

MASHABA MATOPOS MAZOE MOUNT SELINDA NORTON
29 DEC 1922 - Type 13 26 FEB 23 - Type 12x 23 OCT 1915 & 8 FEB 1916 31 MY 22 - Type 6 23 MAR 1915
£10 £20 Type 13.1 £15 £15 Type 13.1 £10
MOUNT SELINDA PAULINGTON QUEENS MINE RUSAPE SELUKWE
20 NO 22 - Type 6 - On SG 300 17 MAR 192? 10 JAN 1919 - Type 13 2 OCT 1916 Type 13x 26 AUG 1915 - Type 13.1
£40 Type 13 £15 £10 £10 £10
ODZI PENHALONGA SELUKWE 27 APR 1921 SELUKWE SHABANI
5 FEB 17 - Type 7w 19 SEP 21 - Type 12w Type 13.1 3 SEP 22 - Type 13.1 3 SEP 22 - Type 13s.1
£20 £15 On SG 272a £20 £10 £10
SINOIA SINOIA - 8 APR 1920 TPO UP MAY 1914 TPO UP 11 JAN 1921 UMSWESWE
1 SEP 1917 - Type 13.1 Type 13.1 1st Period - Type 13 2nd Period Type 13 Type 13x
£10 £10 Scarce £30 Rare £50 Scarce £15
UMVUMA VICTORIA VICTORIA FALLS WANKIES WEST NICHOLSON
25 JUL 1917 - Type 13.1 24 MAR 1914 Type 13.1 1 NOV 1921 - Type 13.1 27 AUG 1918 - Type 13x.1 2 NOV 1914 - Type 13x
£10 2½ mm lettering £10 £10 £15 £25
BSAC 795 BSAC 796

Barred Diamond A Barred Diamond A
Type 2 Used at Salisbury Type 2 Used at Salisbury
£15 £15
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Southern Rhodesia Postmark Collection on Double Heads

B to Z Collection
BSAC 798
B to Z collection of Postmarks, including scarce & rare marks (41 items - Retail value over £800) £600
BATTLEFIELDS MINE BEMBESI BINDURA BUSH TICK ELDORADO MINE GADZEMA
GATOOMA GOLDEN KOPJE GOLDEN VALLEY GWANDA GWELO HARTLEY
JUMBO MINE KIMBERLEY REEFS LONELY MINE MACHEKE MARANDELLAS MATOPOS
MAZOE MELSETTER MOUNT DARWIN ODZI PAULINGTON PEGGY MINE
PENHALONGA PLUMTREE QUEENS MINE RUSAPE SELUKWE S.C. SELUKWE D.C.
SHAMVA SHANGANI TPO UP UMBOE UMSWESWE UMVUMA
VICTORIA S.C. VICTORIA D.C. WANKIES WEST NICHOLSON ZIMBABWE
BSAC 798
B to Z collection of Postmarks, including scarce & rare marks (41 items- Retail value over £800) £600

This Section Includes Covers from Mwomboshi

Used Postal Stationery with Rare Cancellations Scroll Down for Tati excised used at Francis Town
BONC 2, Sibali Skeleton & Umboe Used Postal Stationery Postcard from Chisergwe, Manzim’nyama
Postal History includes Victoria FLS skeleton,
1896 Matabele Rebellion, Boer War & WWI
Postal History This Page also includes
Covers from Crocodile Pools, Kalene Hill, Mint Postal Stationery Mint Postal Stationery
Postal Stationery Used (H&G = Higgins and Gage)
May 1900 Salisbury Agricultural show
BSAC 800
1d Card H&G 5
Used locally cancelled
KOPJE SALISBURY
MY 22 00
Printed on the reverse
a notification of a
General Show
Committee meeting to
be held at the
Magistrate’s
Court House
£40
1896 Matabele Rebellion 1902 Rare Hoyte Type 6 Cancel

BSAC 802
H&G 11
1d Postcard to
Switzerland
Cancelled by rare
Type 6 double circle
NORTH
WESTERN
RHODESIA
LIVINGSTONE
FE 24 02
BULAWAYO transit
& VERRIERES
21 IV 02 arrival
BSAC 801 - H&G 5 cancels
1d Postcard Used locally - Cancelled BULAWAYO SP 7 96 A 55 day transit
Addressed to John Ingram Watchmaker & Jeweller £125 £300
Barred Diamond Proving Cover Post & Reply Card

BSAC 803 - Three Halfpence card H&G 6 to South Africa BSAC 804
with Superb Barred diamond I plus single circle KOPJE AP 11 99 alongside 1d + 1d Post & Reply Card H&G 12 from SALISBURY 28 JUN 04
Salisbury transit & KINGWILLIAMS TOWN AP 19 99 arrival backstamp to Germany with 18.7.04 arrival cancel
A lovely proving cover £150 SOLD
1905 Rare Use of a BONC 2

BSAC 805 - H&G 11
1d Small Arms card with extremely rare
BONC 2 - Used at KALOMO?
Sent on 15 January 1905 from Senanga on
the Zambesi river South-East of Lealui to
Switzerland. By runner to Kalomo
Then by rail to Livingstone, using a cable to
cross the Gorge over the Falls
Further by rail to Bulawayo and received a 14 FEB 05 transit strike & finally
BREVINE 13 III 05 arrival cancel
Note - Only one other BONC 2 is known on an item sent from Nanzela, on the
Nkala - Kalomo runner route and it is for this reason that it is believed that BONC 2
was either applied at Kalomo or at Livingstone
£3000
BSAC 806 - H&G 11 BSAC 807 - H&G 11

1d Post card from the Standard Bank - Selukwe to South Africa 1d Post card to Germany cancelled by Rare UMBOE 4 APR 12
Cancelled Single circle SELUKWE FE 22 03 - Transit back stamps Sinioa & Salisbury 4th & 5th April transits
BULAWAYO 23 FEB and Transvaal TPO UP 1 MAR 03 £125 £475
Single Circle VICTORIA MASHONALAND ½d Admiral Card - TO PAY 1 - Tax Mark
BSAC 812 BSAC 814

½d Arms card H&G 13 to South Africa with single circle VICTORIA ½d with Waterlow Imprint at foot H&G 14a to UK posted SALISBURY
MASHONALAND JY 11 05, with additional cancel alongside, with 30 NOV 20, underpaid by ½d with circular TO PAY 1
PIETERSBURG 18 JUL 05 arrival £75 (Early Rhodesian Tax Mark) and 10c inserted in manuscript £125
Unsealed Paper Rate to Germany Single Circle WANKIES

BSAC 816 BSAC 818 1d Arms envelope H&G 2b, Posted to H.W. Garbutt
½d Arms envelope H&G 1 to Germany sent at unsealed rate and endorsed Cancelled S.C. WANKIES NO 2 7 with BULAWAYO 3 NOV 07
Papers only cancelled triple circle PENHALONGA 2 JUL 10 arrival backstamp
£60 £80
1d Admiral Stationery Envelope 1911 Only known strike of a Sibali skeleton
BSAC 819 BSAC 820 - H&G 2b

1d Admiral card 124:97 with embossing under flap, H&G 5 variation to UK with 1d Envelope with additional 1d Double Head to Bulawayo - Cancelled by
additional 1d cancelled UMVUMA 29 OCT 21 extremely rare Skeleton SIBALI MY 11 with Bulawayo Station & Bulawayo
£750 6 May backstamps - The only known example of this cancel £6000
1896 Matabele Rebellion
BSAC 822
4 May 1896 - Last use seen of a 4d value SG 28, at Bulawayo, during the Rebellion - Before the arrival of the Overprinted CGH stamps on 22 May 1896
Registered Postal Stationery envelope to South Africa - Backstamped Mafeking MY 13 - Kimberley MY 14 - TPO DOWN MY 15 & Carnarvon MY 17 96
£325

1911 Newspaper Wrapper

BSAC 825
H&G 1
Newspaper Wrapper
½d Arms
Locally used with additional
½d Double head
Stamp a little damaged
Cancelled
SALISBURY 6 SEP 11
£95
Postal History - 1896 Matabele Rebellion
1896 COGH Overprints - First Day of Issue 22 May

On 22 May 1896 the first consignment of COGH overprints arrived at Bulawayo consisting of six values from ½d to 6d
One Philatelic cover with all six values is known used on the first day (The Rhodesian Philatelist No 16 - April 1988)
1896 Commercial First Day of Issue

BSAC 829
Envelope franked with 1d x 2 plus 2d Correct 4d Rate to South Africa

Cancelled BULAWAYO
MY 22 96
Backstamped DURBAN JU 4 96
Few age marks which do not detract from this major rarity
£3000
Write up and illustration in The Rhodesian Philatelist No 36 - April 2015
1896 Rebellion - Posted in the Field 1896 Rebellion - Colourful franking
BSAC 830 - Stampless Soldiers Letter to England - Posted in the ‘Field’ BSAC 831
Endorsed Away from home - TATI 27 MAY 96 transit & Endorsed ‘1/- To pay’ Envelope created by Eric Philpott with the full set of CGH overprints
Mafeking JU 2 transit plus T 60c handstamp - Carried on the S.S. Moor, Cancelled BULAWAYO DE 16 96 with the barred diamond ‘B’ at foot
left Cape Town 3.6.96, arrived Plymouth 20.6.96
A further UK 1/- Tax handstamp - Twickenham JU 27 96 arrival cancel Endorsed on the reverse in pencil
This sort of mail during the 1896 Rebellion is rare This envelope was obtained from Mr Philpott’s brother in London July 97
£1750 £1750
Hostilities in Matabeleland ended on 22 October 1896 with the final disbandment of Col. Plumer’s column.
In Mashonaland peace returned towards the end of December 1896
Boer War - Crocodile Pools

Rare use of Rhodesian Stationery & Stamps in Bechuanaland

Crocodile Pools on the line of rail south of Gaberones - Abandoned by the British on 24 October 1899 and occupied by Boer forces on the 25th.
The Boers evacuated Crocodile Pools on the night of 24 February 1900 and the Imperial forces re-occupied the railway siding the following day
From mid December 1899 to early January 1900 this canceller was used either at
Mochudi or Gaberones. It was then used from March to May 1900 at the actual location of
Crocodile Pools - Last recorded date 30 OCT 01
BSAC 835
1d Postal stationery card H&G 5 With an additional 1d Small Arms to Ireland
Card written at Mochudi & cancelled CROCODILE POOLS 30 DEC 99
Transit Bulawayo 11 JAN 00 & Durban FE 3 1900 with Warrenpoint FE 26 arrival
Redirected to London with FE 27 00 arrival
£1750

The same correspondent posted an identical card to this one from

MAHALAPYE SIDING on NO 20 99 that indicates he was travelling South
He had left Bulawayo on Friday 11th November
Boer War - An Officer’s letter from Crocodile Pools

BSAC 836
Envelope with a 6d Large Arms addressed to The Belfast Yeomanry S. African Field Force
Cancelled CROCODILE POOLS 20 APR 00 - Backstamped Bulawayo 23 APR transit
& East London MY 16 00 arrival.

Contains an interesting letter from Lt. E. Harland to his brother telling him of his adventures
during their battles with the Boer forces during the Relief of Mafeking.

Lt Harland was shot through the head whilst bending over his seriously wounded
Commanding Officer on the day Mafeking was relieved
A marvellous item of postal history
£3000

This is by far the most interesting Crocodile Pools cover that I have encountered
Boer War - The King’s Own Scottish Borders

The King’s Own Scottish Borders (K.O.S.B's) had two battalions in S.A. during the Boer War
- They were the 1st and 3rd Battalions. Consisting of 23 Officers and 425 other ranks - The
3rd Battalion arrived at Cape Town 29 March 1901
They left Vryburg 29th January 1901 for Bulawayo, arriving 2nd February 1901 and were
stationed at Hillside Camp
They departed for home on 20th May 1902
BSAC 837
Envelope with 2d Small Arms to England - Cancelled BULAWAYO 25 DEC1901
(Christmas Day)
Endorsed - Frm major McKie 3 K.O.S.B’s Field Force South Africa

£200
Boer War - Rhodesian Field Force

BSAC 838
Envelope with Large Arms ½d x 2 from Capt Buss, a Surgeon in the
Rhodesian Field Force - Sent to Harley street in London
Cancelled with rare
MANZIM’NYAMA 27 JUN 01 - A PTA in the Gwanda district
Cancel recorded from 16.2.99 to 13.7.01

Manuscript ‘T’ to tax it as Underpaid & deleted, passed as a
Soldier’s concessionary rate
£2500

World War I Censor

BSAC 839
Envelope to USA with 2½d Small Arms overprint
Cancelled MOUNT SELINDA 10 JU 16
Circular PASSED CENSOR C1
In blue with a single circle
MELSETTER S. RHODESIA
12 JU 16 transit backstamp
£100
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Kalene Hill on cover Admirals – Deep Rosine shade on cover
BSAC 840
Envelope to Ottawa in Canada with correct 2½d Foreign rate - Cancelled
KALENE HILL 15 OCT 1920 - A very rare cancel on cover taken by BSAC 842
Runner Post to Broken Hill, with a LUSAKAS 5 NOV 1920 transit backstamp Cut down envelope to England with Admirals 1d x 4deep Rosine shade
A three week period required for this part of its journey Cancelled MAZABUKA 15 APR 1917 Livingstone 17 APR Transit backstamp
£700 Item a little battered which does not detract SOLD
A 7 Month Tour of South & Central Africa

Posted Johannesburg 13 OCT 03 to Fort Jameson, transit Bulawayo 17 OCT & Salisbury 18 OCT Arrived Fort Jameson 3 NOV 18
Sent North via Abercorn 30 NOV Bismarckburg 5 DEC to Tabora 7 JAN 04 - Back South again via Dar-es-Salaam 2 FEB
BSAC 845
To Beira 9 Feb & onto Salisbury
3 May - Received a boxed T -
Tax mark & UNCLAIMED
ADVERTISED handstamps
Cancelled RETURNED
LETTER BRANCH G.P.O.

SALISBURY 3 MAY 04 Finally
RLO JOHANNESBURG
11 MAY 04
Completing its seven month
journey
£450
Post Card to Gadzema
BSAC 848
Post Card depicting
Clifton-on-Sea Victoria Road and the
Apostles mountains - Franked
COGH KEVII ½d and cancelled
CAPE TOWN NO 1 10

Only a few days before the official

opening of the Union Parliament on
4 November 1910
GADZEMA 7 NOV 10 arrival
£25
Chisergwe Via Matokos to England

Postcard depicting General Cronje’s residence & guard during his Internment on St Helena - Card written by Billy on 8 July 1902 who remarked
‘...have not heard from either of you since I have been in this delightful place Chisurgwe...’ - Note the place name spelling
BSAC 849
It took 5 days to reach MATOKOS
cancelled there on 13 JUL 02,
Salisbury 22 July transit
On arrival England
Redirected twice from Hornchurch
to Willingham - then to
Cromer in Norfolk
This is the only known item
from Chisergwe - See
The Rhodesian Philatelist No 27
£650
VICTORIA FLS
Skeleton cancel
BSAC 850
Post Card depicting the Falls
to Belgium with Double Head
1d Perforation 15
Cancelled with a late use of
the Single circle Skeleton
VICTORIA FLS JA 13 13
Rare item
£375
Squared circle MWOMBOSHI on cover

MWOMBOSHI was originally in North East Rhodesia - As part of Mr Stephenson’s Re-organisation of the Postal service. The Post office transferred to
North Western Rhodesia on 1 October 1905 (Closed circa 1906-07) Lying some 30 miles South of Broken Hill and 10 miles downstream from the railway bridge
Its location necessitated a 2½ hour oxcart service from the village to the rail siding
BSAC 851
Envelope with Large Arms 4d to England
An old rate as it was reduced to 2½d on 1.8.03
Cancelled with rare squared circle
MWOMBOSHI
31 OC 05
With an additional strike at the left
back stamped BULAWAYO 11 NOV 05 transit
and CHISWICK DE 2 05 arrival
Rare cover
£1250
1897 ‘Tati’ Excised Dumb Canceller

TATI single circle datestamp with MATABELELAND excised used at FRANCISTOWN - Bechuanaland
When the line of rail to Bulawayo was completed it ran through Francistown, Bechuanaland but bypassed the settlement of Tati. Its post office is said to have been
transferred to Francistown on 31 July 1897. Holmes in his book stated Francistown opened in early September 1897 (Correct date suggested as 30 June 1897) My
own research was initially published in The Rhodesian Philatelist No1 (July 1993) and updated in Issue No 36 (April 2015) In the article I illustrated the
last known use for a TATI Mashonaland - Cancel dated AU 15 7 (1897) and 13 examples of the excised cancels dated from AU 30 7 to AP 16 98
The earliest recorded single circle FRANCISTOWN S. AFRICA cancel is SP 6 97 the foregoing suggests that the name TATI was excised sometime between
16 & 29 August 1897 and that FRANCISTOWN received the TATI excised date stamp in that period. In my article I recorded the known covers cancelled with the
TATI excised cancel, being two BSAC postal stationery cards and one envelope the item below is the 4th known cover
BSAC 853
Envelope to South Africa with a BSAC 4d Large Arms cancelled
TATI (excised)
AU 30 7 (1897)
Kimberley SP 3 97 arrival cancel.
There is a pencil notation on the reverse
N. HOOVERTransvaal Coal Trust Co.
The date of this excised cancel is the earliest recorded

for a TATI excised date stamp
£4000
VICTORIA Pre 1900 6d Rate

BSAC 854
Envelope to England with
Large Arms 2d x 3 cancelled
VICTORIA
Blank at foot
OC 30 99
Salisbury transit and Paddington
DE 18 99 arrival
a 49 day transit during the
Boer War
£125
Taxed Cover to France

BSAC 855
Envelope posted from MONGU LEALUI 16 APR 14 to France
LIVINGSTONE 1 MAY 14 transit
Franked 2½d being the correct minimum Foreign rate
Letter was more than likely overweight and received a small T in a triangle
30 Centimes Postage dues applied cancelled
BSES PYRENEES 27 - 5 14
Envelope a bit battered, but an intersting cover to the

Pyrennes on the France/Spanish border

£250
Unused RAILWAY Luggage Labels
BSAC 856
CAPE GOVERNMENT RAILWAYS

Passenger’s Luggage to BULAWAYO buff label
£25
Unused RAILWAY Luggage Labels - CAPE GOVERNMENT RAILWAYS
BSAC 857
Passenger’s Luggage to
SELUKWE pink label
£35

BSAC 858
Passenger’s Luggage to
VICTORIA FALLS
pink label
£45
Order Form Word Doc Mint Postal Stationery (H&G = Higgins and Gage) Order Form PDF
1893 Overprinted on COGH Cards 1893 Small Arms Cards

BSAC 861 - H&G 4 BSAC 862 - H&G 7

1893 1d + 1d Post & Reply card Overprinted MASHONALAND VIA 1893 Small Arms 1d + 1d Post & Reply
Scarce - Mint £30 Mint £10
BSAC 863 - H&G 5 BSAC 864 - H&G 8

1893 1d Small Arms 1897 1d Large Arms
Mint £15 Mint £25
BSAC 865 - H&G 9 BSAC 867 - H&G 11

1897 1½d Large Arms 1899 1d Small Arms
Mint £15 Mint £10

BSAC 868 - H&G 12 BSAC 869 - H&G 13

1899 1d + 1d Small Arms, Post & Reply 1903 ½d Arms
Mint £25 Mint £15
1913 Admiral Postcard 1893 Registered Envelope
BSAC 870 - H&G 14 BSAC 871 - H&G 1

1913 Admiral ½d Yellow green - Scarce 1893 4d Registered envelope size G
Mint £40 Mint £30
Postal Stationery Envelopes
BSAC 862 - H&G 2b BSAC 865 - H&G 5 (variation)

1904 1d Arms envelope size 124 : 97 1913 1d Admiral, size 124 : 97 with embossing under flap
Mint £30 Mint £50

BSAC 863 - H&G 3 BSAC 864 - H&G 4

1904 2½d Arms envelope size 140 : 80 1913 ½d Admiral, size b 137 : 79
Mint £30 Mint £50
Postal Stationery Registered Envelope
BSAC 866
H&G 1a
1893
4d Registered envelope
Size H2
Mint £50
Postal Stationery Wrappers
BSAC 867 - H&G 1 BSAC 868 - H&G 2

1904 ½d Arms wrapper 1904 1d Arms wrapper
Mint £15 Mint £15
Postal Stationery - Mint Selection of Ten Items
BSAC 870
Postal Cards
H&G 3, 4, 6, 7, 9 & 11
Arms Envelopes
H&G 1 & 2
Lettercard H&G 1
Registered Envelope
Size G H&G 1
Minor faults and aging

affecting some items
£100
Documents
1898 Small Arms used as

STAMP DUTY

BSAC 875
22 May 1914 Deed of Transfer for
Howards Farm Glen Montagu in the
UMZIMGWANI district
East of Bulawayo.
Issued by Messrs. Coghlan & Welsh
A folded foolscap document with
10/- Small Arms SG 89 and
a pair £2 Rhodesia overprints SG 113d
Cancelled with oval
Registry Office date stamp
Fiscal use of the £2 value is rare
£150
BSAC 876


Life Insurance Policy

Renewal receipt for 12 months
Premium for £14 - 1 - 8
Paid on 15 August 1923
Stamp duty of 8d paid with two
1922 4d Admirals SG 294
£50
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This Section Includes Postmark Rarities include

Postmarks on Arms issues

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BSAC 251 BSAC 252 BSAC 253 BSAC 254

BSAC 255 BSAC 258 BSAC 261 BSAC 262

BSAC 263 BSAC 264

BSAC 268 BSAC 270

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CHIWEFWE BSAC 305 BSAC 306

BSAC 308 BSAC 310 BSAC 311 BSAC 312

BSAC 323 BSAC 324 BSAC 325 BSAC 326

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BSAC 328 BSAC 329 BSAC 330 BSAC 331

BSAC342 BSAC 343 BSAC 344 BSAC 345 BSAC 346

Southern Rhodesia Postmarks

BSAC 403 BSAC 405 BSAC 407 BSAC 408

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BSAC 410 BSAC 413 BSAC 411 BSAC 415

BSAC 452 BSAC 453 BSAC 454

Postmarks on Victoria Falls

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BSAC 481 BSAC 482 BSAC 484

BSAC 500 BSAC 501 BSAC 502 BSAC 503

BSAC 526 BSAC 527 BSAC 530 BSAC 534

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BSAC 601 BSAC 602 BSAC 604 BSAC 606

BSAC 608 BSAC 610 BSAC 612 BSAC 614

BSAC 618 BSAC 620 BSAC 623 BSAC 624

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BSAC 629 BSAC 632 BSAC 633 BSAC 634

BSAC 635 BSAC 636 BSAC 638 BSAC 639

BSAC 640 BSAC 642 BSAC 643 BSAC 645

BSAC 646 BSAC 647 BSAC 648 BSAC 650

BSAC 651 BSAC 652 BSAC 653 BSAC 654

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BSAC 661 BSAC 662 BSAC 664 BSAC 665

BSAC 666 BSAC 667 BSAC 668 BSAC 676

BSAC 669 BSAC 673 BSAC 670

BSAC 677 BSAC 678 BSAC 679 BSAC 680

BSAC 681 BSAC 682 BSAC 683 BSAC 684

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BSAC 688 BSAC 690 BSAC 691 BSAC 692

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BSAC 795 BSAC 796

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Southern Rhodesia Postmark Collection on Double Heads

BATTLEFIELDS MINE BEMBESI BINDURA BUSH TICK ELDORADO MINE GADZEMA

GATOOMA GOLDEN KOPJE GOLDEN VALLEY GWANDA GWELO HARTLEY

JUMBO MINE KIMBERLEY REEFS LONELY MINE MACHEKE MARANDELLAS MATOPOS

MAZOE MELSETTER MOUNT DARWIN ODZI PAULINGTON PEGGY MINE

PENHALONGA PLUMTREE QUEENS MINE RUSAPE SELUKWE S.C. SELUKWE D.C.

SHAMVA SHANGANI TPO UP UMBOE UMSWESWE UMVUMA

VICTORIA S.C. VICTORIA D.C. WANKIES WEST NICHOLSON ZIMBABWE

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This Section Includes Covers from Mwomboshi

Postal Stationery Used (H&G = Higgins and Gage)

May 1900 Salisbury Agricultural show

1896 Matabele Rebellion 1902 Rare Hoyte Type 6 Cancel

Barred Diamond Proving Cover Post & Reply Card

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1905 Rare Use of a BONC 2

BSAC 806 - H&G 11 BSAC 807 - H&G 11