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Ellis Allen
Owen Ellis Allen was born in Cambridge, England in 1867. From Cambridge he emigrated to Cape Town, South Africa, where he joined the old established firm of booksellers and newsagents, Messrs Maskew Miller & Company. In 1897, when his employers decided to open up a branch of their business in Rhodesia, he took the opportunity to move to Bulawayo. By coincidence, Maskew Miller’s shop was next to Smart & Copley’s shop on the corner of 8th Avenue and Fife Street, Bulawayo. In the early 1900’s, Ellis Allen set up in business on his own account from a rented shop in Willoughby’s Building (Built 1902), below Blackler’s clock. He remained in this shop until death in May 1930.
Coming from Cambridge, he was friends with Percy Clark, sharing a house with him at Hillside. Allen, Clark and Harold Smart all studied at Cambridge and were associates in Rhodesia. [Information source: Rhodesia Study Circle].
Unknown Type
Victoria Falls Bridge (unknown type)
'Type B'
White border, sometimes half-image, titled. Undivided back, black text. Earliest postal date 5 October, 1906. [RSC]
- A Float of Dug-outs on the Zambezi [h, 1/2 image]
- A Hippo [h, 1/2 image]
- Victoria Falls - In the Rainforest [h]
- Victoria Falls Looking Westward [v]
- Victoria Falls - A Glimpse of the Falls [h]
- Victoria Falls - The Devil’s Cascade [h]
- Victoria Falls from North Side [v]
In the Rainforest ('Type B')
'Type D'
Printed in colour with caption, publisher’s imprint and undivided back printed in red ink. The earliest postage stamp known is 9 March, 1906. All vertical. [RSC]
- Victoria Falls - Gorge [v]
- Victoria Falls with Rainbow [v]
- Victoria Falls - Main Falls (View 1) [v]
- Victoria Falls - Main Falls (View 2) [v]
- Victoria Falls - Bend in Gorge [v]
- Victoria Falls [v]
- Victoria Falls from North End [v]
Ellis Allen Front
Victoria Falls from the North End
Victoria Falls with Rainbow
Victoria Falls - Gorge [image source]
