In 1965 on #ThisDayInHistory, the #WhiteSupremacist colonial government of #SouthernRhodesia issued #Rhodesia's Unilateral Declaration of Independence. This was to avoid any chance of independence favouring the black majority. The #apartheid government finally collapsed in 1979.

2025 challenge: one #book a day.

Day 258: #TheGrassIsSinging by #DorisLessing

Set in #SouthernRhodesia, the #novel opens with the news of the #murder of #woman by her black servant.

We get to know her through her #loveless #marriage with an inept man and her ambivalent relation with her #killer.

Southern Rhodesia - Scott # 65-66

Complete set, mint, never hinged.

Issued in 1947 to commemorate the Royal Visit of King George VI and the Royal Family.

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#Stamps #StampCollecting #Philatelic #Philately #SouthernRhodesia #BritishCommonwealth #KingGeorgeVI

Feeling very lucky re my current working conditions in Australia. #StudyLeave #SouthernRhodesia #JCPC #BritishConsitution #UDI