An apology is due to Dave Whitehead - it was he who sent that last story ("Cairo to Capetown - RAF - 1927"), not Mitch Stirling.  Sorry !

Today I have uploaded [Library > New Stories] an article "Early days in NR" by Gervas Clay, that appeared first in "Stamp Collecting" magazine on the 14th September, 1978, pages 405 & 409, and then again in the Rhodesia Study Circle Journal No. 104 p.72.  Although written principally for a philatelic audience, it is still interesting reading.