The scope of the book is large, and therefore, of necessity, the book provides only an overview of the evolution of the mails of the Rhodesias and Nyasaland in the period from colonial rule to majority rule.

The available information from primary sources is sometimes incomplete, and therefore, both published and unpublished research by previous authors has also been taken into account. Hopefully it will provide much information that is of use to the majority of collectors of the postal history of the region.

Postal history purists, with some justification, feel that only commercial mail constitutes postal history. However, the milestones commemorated by especially contrived First Day and First Flight covers and other special event covers, do highlight these special events, and will be used to do so in this work.