Postal History of Southern Rhodesia

Post Offices MANGWE to MATAGA

MANGWE
01.08.1892 to 23.07.1896
05.04.1897 to 30.11.1898
Postal agency under Bulawayo
1   BONC "952" Tentative allocation 03.04.1897
(Proud)		   500
2   1C "MATABELELAND"   11.02.1896
(Proud)		 23.07.1896
(Proud)		 500
02.03.1897
(Proud)		 30.11.1898
(Proud)		 250

MANGWENDI
27.03.1912 to 01.12.1917
22.09.1919 to 01.10.1951
Postal agency under Marandelas
1   2C "S.RHODESIA"
  27.03.1912
(Proud)		 01.12.1917
(Proud)		 300
22.09.1919
(Proud)		 01.10.1951
(Proud)		 80

MANZIM'NYAMA
01.01.1895 to March 1896
18.06.1897 to 31.03.1903
Postal agency under Gwanda
1   2C "RHODESIA"   20.03.1899
(Proud)		 04.07.1901
(Proud)		 200

MAPUNGA
11.09.1923 to 24.11.1930
Postal agency under Mazoe
1   2C "S.RHODESIA"     27.11.1923
(Proud)		   500

MARANDELLAS
12.04.1893 to 1896
24.04.1899 to 10.11.1965
HQ of district
1   1C "MASHONALAND"     12.04.1893
(Proud)		 01.12.1893
(Proud)		 200
2   1C "RHODESIA"   24.04.1899
(Proud)		 25.04.1914
(Proud)		 10
       
3   2C "S.RHODESIA"   No markings on sides 16.08.1914
(Proud)		 02.01.1951
(Proud)		 2
4   2C "S.RHODESIA"   Markings on sides 03.05.1926
(Proud)		 01.09.1950
(Proud)		 2
5   2C "S.RHODESIA" No markings on sides 17.07.1943
(Proud)		 03.07.1953
(Proud)		 2
6   2C "S.RHODESIA"   No markings on sides 10.02.1947
(Proud)		 09.08.1956
(Proud)		 2
7   2C "S.RHODESIA"   No markings on sides
Narrow circles		 03.12.1955
(Proud)		 15.05.1961
(Proud)		 2
8   2C "S.RHODESIA" No markings on sides 29.11.1958
(Proud)		 10.11.1965 2
9   2C "S.RHODESIA" No markings on sides
Narrow circles		 15.06.1962
(Proud)		 17.11.1964
(Proud)		 3
10   2C "S.RHODESIA"   Small postmark 10.12.1953
(Proud)		 06.03.1965
(Proud)		 2
11   2C "S.RHODESIA"   Small postmark
Index 1 behind name		 09.11.1956
(Proud)		 01.11.1963
(Proud)		 2
12   2C "S.RHODESIA"   Small postmark
Index 2 behind name		 29.12.1964
(Proud)		 10.11.1965 3
13   2C "S.RHODESIA"   Small postmark
Index 1 above date		 27.10.1959
(Proud)		 10.11.1965 2
14   2C "S.RHODESIA" Small postmark
Index 2 above date		 30.06.1958
(Proud)		 10.11.1965 2
15 "POSTAGE PAID" 2C "MARANDELLAS S.R"     01.12.1948
(Proud)		 06.10.1961
(Proud)		 6

MARAWA
01.12.1959 to 01.04.1963
Postal agency under Hartley
1   2C "S.RHODEDIA"   Error
RHODEDIA		 25.03.1960
(Proud)		 18.06.1962
(Proud)		 60

MARCO
01.04.1949 to 01.06.1957
Postal agency under Salisbury
1   2C "S.RHODESIA"     01.04.1949
(Proud)		 01.06.1957
(Proud)		 30

MARLBOROUGH
03.04.1950 to 10.11.1965
Postal agency under Avondale, later PO
1   2C "S.RHODESIA"     03.04.1950
(Proud)		 04.07.1952
(Proud)		 10
2   2C "S.RHODESIA"     30.05.1953
(Proud)		 18.09.1961
(Proud)		 4
       
1   2C "S.RHODESIA"   28.02.1962
(Proud)		 10.11.1965 5
1   2C "S.RHODESIA"   Small postmark 18.02.1964
(Proud)		 05.09.1964
(Proud)		 5
1   2C "S.RHODESIA"   Index 1 10.02.1965
(Proud)		 10.11.1965 5
1   2C "S.RHODESIA"   Index 2 08.09.1965
(Proud)		 10.11.1965 5

MARSHBROOK
01.08.1892 to 1895
01.06.1911 to 22.09.1919
Renamed from Charter
1   1C "S.RHODESIA"     01.01.1911
(Proud)		   400
2   2C "S.RHODESIA"   15.03.1911
(Proud)		 12.05.1927
(Proud)		 40

MARULA (TANK)
26.08.1907 to 10.11.1965
Postal agency under Plumtree
1   1C "S.RHODESIA"     26.08.1907
(Proud)		   400
2   2C "S.RHODESIA" "Tank" 09.07.1909
(Proud)		 22.02.1938
(Proud)		 20
3   2C "S.RHODESIA" "Tank removed" 07.03.1939
(Proud)		 10.11.1965 12
4   1C "RHODESIA"
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(Proud)		   300

MASHABA
25.02.1915 to 10.11.1965
Postal agency under Fort Victoria
1   2C "S.RHODESIA"   15.05.1915
(Proud)		 10.11.1965 4
2   1C "S.RHODESIA"   Skeleton 20.12.1939
(Proud)		 02.10.1940
(Proud)		 150
3   2C "S.RHODESIA"   Small postmark
Oval "O"		 03.03.1954
(Proud)		 10.11.1965 6
       
4   2C "S.RHODESIA" Small postmark
Round "O"		 16.01.1956
(Proud)		 10.11.1965 6

MATAGA
18.08.1961 to 10.11.1965
Postal agency under Fort Victoria
1   2C "S.RHODESIA"     18.08.1961
(Proud)		 10.11.1965 12