The Sunley Arcade was in the western part of the Bernard Sunley Building. It was located in downtown Nassau, off Rawson Square. The arcade provided a number of shops over-looking a fountain and court, selling imports from around the world. The building was named after Bernard Sunley – a wealthy…
View More Bahamas Philately: Sunley ArcadeAuthor: James Gavin
Bahamas Philately: Dexter (35200-B Series)
Details Publisher: G D Graves, Jr., Park Ridge, N.J. Distributor: Printer: Dexter, West Nyack, New York Process: Photographer: Year: 1960 Series: 35200-B
View More Bahamas Philately: Dexter (35200-B Series)Bahamas Philately: Eastern Steamship Corporation – S/S Bahama Star
On 10 April 1959, Arosa Line Inc., Panama (Compañía Internacional Transportadora) was declared bankrupt. Their ship, Arosa Star, was sold at public auction for approximately $510,000 by the Eastern Steamship Lines through the McCormick Shipping Corporation, Panama. She was renamed Bahama Star and placed in service sailing every Monday and Friday…
View More Bahamas Philately: Eastern Steamship Corporation – S/S Bahama StarBahamas Philately: Transcolor Corporation (26200 Series)
Details Publisher: Distributor: Malcuna Shops Inc., 122 Watts St., N. Y. 13, N. Y. Printer: Transcolor Corp., 327 Lexington Ave., N. Y. 17, N. Y. Process: Koppel Color Artist: Year: 1957 Series: 26200
View More Bahamas Philately: Transcolor Corporation (26200 Series)Bahamas Philately: Nassau International Airport
Nassau International Airport was located in western New Providence island near the capital city of Nassau. During the Second World War, the airport was named Windsor Field (after the Duke of Windsor) and became a Royal Air Force (RAF) station. After the Second World War, the RAF withdrew from Windsor…
View More Bahamas Philately: Nassau International AirportBahamas Philately: Pan American World Airways
Pan American World Airways, originally founded as Pan American Airways and commonly known as Pan Am, was the principal and largest international air carrier and unofficial overseas flag carrier of the United States for much of the 20th century. It was the first airline to fly worldwide and pioneered numerous…
View More Bahamas Philately: Pan American World AirwaysBahamas Philately: J Salmon Ltd (Type 1B)
Type 1B has no stamp box in the upper right-hand corner. The font for Correspondence and Address also appears ‘squashed’ compared to Type 1A and 1C. Details Publisher: City Pharmacy Ltd, Nassau, Bahamas Printer: J Salmon Ltd, Sevenoaks Year: 1955 Series: Type 1B
View More Bahamas Philately: J Salmon Ltd (Type 1B)Bahamas Philately: Eastern Steamship Corporation
During the 1950s, Frank L. Fraser brought in William R Lovett of Jacksonville as a partner in the Eastern Shipping Corporation. Lovett owned the Winn-Dixie supermarket chain, and to whom Fraser had been shipping bananas for many years. Lovett had shipping interests of his own and in May 1961, Fraser…
View More Bahamas Philately: Eastern Steamship CorporationSouthern Rhodesia Philately: 1953 Definitive Series – 2d Rhodes’ Grave
Details Subject: Rhodes Grave Designer: Printer: Bradbury Wilkinson & Co Ltd, New Malden, Surrey, England Process: Recess Paper: Watermark: None Perf: 13.5 x 14 (comb) Plates: None. Printed in panes of two, separated by horizontal gutter, and guillotined through gutter. Sheet: R10 x 6 (60 stamps) Quantity: 30,000,000 (ordered) 16,809,000 (sold) Sheet…
View More Southern Rhodesia Philately: 1953 Definitive Series – 2d Rhodes’ GraveBahamas Philately: J Salmon Ltd – Souvenir Letter Card of Nassau No.2
Details Publisher: City Pharmacy Ltd, Nassau, Bahamas Distributor: Printer: J Salmon Ltd, Sevenoaks, England Process: Photographer: Year: c.1953 Series: 2
View More Bahamas Philately: J Salmon Ltd – Souvenir Letter Card of Nassau No.2