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| Zimbabwe Flag Since April 1980 |
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| Zimbabwe Rhodesia Flag June to December 1979 |
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| Rhodesian Flag 1968 to 1979 |
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| Southern Rhodesia Flag 1964 to 1968 |
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| Federation 1953 to 1963 |
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| Southern Rhodesia 1923 to 1953 |
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| British South Africa Company 1890 to 1923 |
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| Zimbabwe Customs Tie with the Gazetted emblem created by Bob Marshall. Submitted by Aussie Austin |
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| Customs & Excise Epaulette. Submited by Andre Guernier, September 2008 |
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| Cover of Fed ID Card (Thanks to Jock Allan) May 2007 |
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| Fed ID card signed by CHV Cooke (Thanks to Jock Allan) |
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| BRITISH SOUTH AFRICA COMPANY - OFFICE PAPERWEIGHT (Submitted by Aussie Austin, October 2006) |
From
Aussie Austin, October 2006
BRITISH SOUTH AFRICA COMPANY - OFFICE PAPERWEIGHT.
A brass hand clutching a scroll secured through a brass washer onto a cast iron plinth measuring 64mm
x 115mm x 15mm (approximately). The brass washer has stamped on it "B.S.A.Co.". The British South Africa Company's mandate
was from 1890 - 1923. So I guess that would date this little piece of memorabilia at somewhere around 1900 I would think.
These little babies go back to the days before extensive use of box files - when auditable records were collected into bundles
of 500x I think, pig-stickered in the corner, and bound with string. Ex-railway clerks working in the department as supernumeries
were good at "bundling" documents in this way as their system of record storage also included pig-sticking and string. The
plinth was originally painted black & chipped, so I stripped it to bare metal and polished it. I am hoping to get a Covent
Garden Jeweller friend in London to have the base finely polished, engraved with appropriate historical
data, and then black gun-metal anodised. I am also considering having the brass parts cleaned and then gold plated. I would
welcome any advice. See Update below:
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| The Restored BSACo Paperweight |
From Aussie Austin, September 2007
B.S.A.Co.
– Office Paperweight.
I have taken advice from various folk, including a retired
Anglo American executive, and others….. and it seems that to modify this piece of 100+ year old memorabilia (as described
in my earlier entry for it) would not really be antiquatarially helpful in 1000 years time or so. I agree – and so I
have restored it to as close as how it was when it came into my possession. Please see the latest picture showing the base
in black.
There are only two historical issues missing concerning my
acquisition of this item and which now might be useful (even appropriate) to reveal. These are as follows:-
- G H Hitching – was the name written on the underside lino backing when it first came into my possession – I have
now replaced that lino backing in the rehabilitation process of this historical item. George Harry Hitching (Titch –
to Head Office wallahs) died in Capetown some years back, I believe. I regard this BSACo paperweight as a memorial to “Titch”. Tjeeerrrs Titch.
- O C Blignaut - I came about this item whilst in HO with, inter alia, Ocky Blignaut. I was in Technical Branch (Tariff) –
whilst Ocky was in Admin Branch (Audit)….. where Titch also worked as a supernumery.
Anyway, one day I visited Ocky in Audit and noticed he had “acquired” two of these paperweights
and which he regarded as his own personal property. Having established that they were no longer recorded on the Movable Assets
Register, I told Ocky that I required one of them for my own use in the Technical
Branch. He told me that BOTH of them were his. I said that I would correct the situation; and subsequently I did just that…..
(and it pissed him off). I record this incident to the memory of the late Ockert
Cornelius Blignaut. Tjeeeeerrrs, Ocky.
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| Sikes Hydrometer (Submitted by Derek Brent, October 2006) See Tables below |
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| Tables for the Sikes Hydrometer (Submitted by Derek Brent, October 2006) See above picture |
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| Pages 2 & 3 of the Sikes Hydrometer Tables (Submitted by Derek Brent, October 2006) - See above |
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| Customs Blues (submitted by Derek Brent, September 2006) |
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| Paddy Dinneen farewell letter to Derek Brent. (Submitted by Derek Brent, September 2006) |
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| Submitted by Derek Brent (Sept. 2006). |
From Derek Brent, September 2006 These pictures portray what I have named, "THE GRAND OLD TIMER"
that used to hang in the State Warehouse, Salisbury, in a broken/non-working condition. In 1968 "Tango" Barnes was the
Collector, Salisbury Port and I approached him with a view to purchasing the old broken clock hanging in the state warehouse.
He informed me that it was on the movable asset register and that Head Office approval would be required. He duly made the
necessary phone call and it was agreed that the clock could be written off the asset register but I would have to pay ten
shillings for it. As a matter of interest, Tango advised me that the clock had been part of the "warehouse furniture" for
as long as he had been in Customs! Once in my possession, minor restoration included the making of a pendulum arm from plywood,
gluing the broken wooden doorframe and glazing it, washing and oiling the mechanism and, finally, Doug Jolliffe kindly obtained
a bezel for me from his Grandfather's collection of clock parts. Ada's late father told me that he remembered Frank Biller
from around the 1930's. For the 38 years that it has been in my custody, the "Old Timer" still continues to tick the time
away!!
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| Submitted by Derek Brent (September 2006). Se details above this picture. |
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| Plaque made and submitted by Derek Brent (August 2006) |
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| Customs Plaque. Submitted by Keith Vaughan August 21, 2006 |
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| Customs Mug (Artwork by John "Spenny" Spencer) |
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| Federal Cap Badge (Thanks to John Glynn) November 2007 |
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| Customs Cap Badge |
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| Rhodesian Customs Uniform Button |
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| Federal Customs Uniform Button |
This is a BSA company
customs officer badge and is, I suspect, the only one of its kind left.
Submitted
by Brian Llewellyn
This is a specimen
Federal Customs blazer badge that Bob Poore had designed and is also , I'm sure, probably unique.
Submitted by Brian llewellyn
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| Federal Customs Sealing Tape (Submitted by Aussie Austin) |
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Petrol Coupons (anyone remember them?)
Submitted by Aussie Austin
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