In 1647, Captain William Sayle and the Eleutheria Adventurers (a group of Puritans), left Bermuda to seek relief from persecution by the Church of England. The group became ship-wrecked on the reefs of the northern end of the Arawak island of Cigatoo near the area now known as Preachers Cave. Cigatoo was reneamed as Eleuthera. “Eleuthera” derives from the feminine form of the Greek adjective meaning “free”.
The island was stated to have been agriculturally prosperous in the period from 1950 to 1980. This included a large crop of pineapples for export. When the Bahamas became independent from Britain in 1973, new ownership laws changed the nature of the island economy to tourism.
Details
- Designer: John Waddington of Kirkstall Ltd, Leeds, England
- Printer: Format International Security Printers Ltd
- Process: Lithography
- Paper:
- Watermark: Crown CA (Diagonal)
- Perf: 14.5 (comb)
- Cylinders: Printed in four panes separated by gutter between the four panes, and guillotined into two horizontal panes.
- 1A (Cyan) 1A (Yellow) 1A (Magenta) 1A (Black) 1A (Red) : 1B (Cyan) 1B (Yellow) 1B (Magenta) 1B (Black) 1B (Red) [upper left : upper right]
- 1C (Cyan) 1C (Yellow) 1C (Magenta) 1C (Black) 1C (Red) : 1D (Cyan) 1D (Yellow) 1D (Magenta) 1D (Black) 1D (Red) [lower left : lower right]
- 2A (Cyan) 1A (Yellow) 1A (Magenta) 1A (Black) 1A (Red) : 2B (Cyan) 1B (Yellow) 1B (Magenta) 1B (Black) 1B (Red) [upper left : upper right]
- 2C (Cyan) 1C (Yellow) 1C (Magenta) 1C (Black) 1C (Red) : 2D (Cyan) 1D (Yellow) 1D (Magenta) 1D (Black) 1D (Red) [lower left : lower right]
- Sheet: R10 x 5 in two panes separated by a gutter (100 stamps)
- Quantity:
Cylinders
