02 January - British South Africa Company issues its first postage stamps.

 

The first stamps of Rhodesia were those issued on 2 January 1892. They were inscribed “British South Africa Company”. This is an inscription common amongst all stamps until the territory administered by the BSAC was transferred to other colonies in the 1920s.“Rhodesia” did not appear on any stamps until the overprinted Arms issue of 1909-12