page_title: Postage stamps and postal history of Zimbabwe
section_title: History
hierarchical_section_title: Postage stamps and postal history of Zimbabwe / History
caption_attribution_description: British South Africa Company Stamp
context_page_description: This is a survey of the postage stamps and postal history of Zimbabwe.
  Zimbabwe, formerly Southern Rhodesia is a landlocked country located in the southern part of Africa between the Zambezi and Limpopo rivers. It is bordered by South Africa to the south, Botswana to the southwest, Zambia to the northwest and Mozambique to the east.
context_section_description: Early European explorers, missionaries and traders, in the area that became Zimbabwe, hired private couriers, or made other arrangements to have their mail carried to the nearest post office which first meant one in the Cape of Good Hope Colony, and later included the post offices in the South African Republic (Transvaal).
caption: Stamp of British South Africa Company.
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