Bahamas Philately: 1954 Definitive Series

Details

• Date of Issue: 1 January 1954
• Reprints:
  • 14 April 1955 (½d, 1d, 1½d, 2d, 3d, 4d, 6d, 10d, 1s)
  • 19 October 1955 (1½d, 2s, 2/6d, 5s, £1)
  • 30 May 1956 (½d)
  • 21 November 1956 (1d, 1½d, 3d, 4d, 6d, 8d, 10d, 1s)
  • 11 September 1957 (½d)
  • 19 February 1958 (1d, 1½d, 2d, 3d, 4d, 6d, 8d, 10d, 1s, 2s, 2/6d)
  • 14 January 1959 (½d, 1d, 1½d, 3d, 4d, 6d, 10d, 1s, 2s, 2/6d, 5s, 10s, £1)
  • 8 April 1959 (8d, 1s)
  • 29 March 1960 (8d, 10d)
  • 7 February 1961 (½d, 1d, 1½d, 2d, 3d, 4d, 6d, 8d, 10d)
  • 23 January 1962 (1d, 1½d, 2d, 4d, 6d, 8d)
  • 8 January 1963 (1d, 3d, 6d, 8d, 10d, 1s, 2s)
• Date Withdrawn: 6 January 1965
• Date Invalidated:
• Designer: 
• Printer: Bradbury Wilkinson & Co Ltd, New Malden, Surrey, England
• Process: Recess
• Paper: 
• Watermark: Multiple Script CA
• Perf: 11 x 11.5 (comb)
• Plates: Printed in two panes of 60, separated by a vertical gutter and guillotined through gutter for distribution in single panes.
  • 1 1 : 1a 1a [Left pane : Right pane]
  • 2 1 : 1a 1a [Left pane : Right pane]
• Sheet: R10 x 6 (60 stamps)
• Quantity:

Subjects

• ½d – Infant Welfare Clinic
• 1d – Modern Agriculture
• 1½d – Out Island Settlement
• 2d – Native Straw Market
• 3d – Fishing Fleet
• 4d – Water Sports – Skiing
• 5d – Modern Dairying
• 6d – Modern Transportation
• 8d – Paradise Beach
• 10d – Modern Hotels
• 1/- – Yacht Racing
• 2/- – Native Product – Sisal
• 2/6d  – Shipbuilding
• 5/- – Tuna Fishing
• 10/- – Modern Salt Production
• £1 – Parliament Buildings – Representative Government since 1729

Postcard (O.H.M.S.)