Details Date of Issue: 9 July 1980 Date Withdrawn: Date Invalidated: Designer: John Waddington of Kirkstall Ltd, Leeds, England Printer: Format International Security Printers Ltd Process: Lithography Paper: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…
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Bahamas Philately: 1980 Definitive Series – 40c Sponge Clipping
The sponging industry was once a leading industry in the Bahamas. At its peak, more than 600 vessels harvested sponges from the sea floor around the islands. The Bahamas ranked as the third-largest producer of sponges around the globe in 1935. The industry began when a shipwrecked French sailor, Gustave…
View More Bahamas Philately: 1980 Definitive Series – 40c Sponge ClippingBahamas Philately: 1980 Definitive Series – 12c The Loyalists, 1738-1788
During the American War of Independence, the Bahamas was attacked by American and allied forces on several occasions. In 1778, American forces launched an amphibious assault against Nassau, resulting in its two-week occupation. In 1782, Spanish forces under General Galvez captured the Bahamas in 1782. A British-American Loyalist expedition led…
View More Bahamas Philately: 1980 Definitive Series – 12c The Loyalists, 1738-1788Bahamas Philately: 1980 Definitive Series – 16c Wrecking in the 1800’s
The early 19th century saw wrecking at a high point when salvaged goods became the largest export of the Bahamas islands. Between 1855 and 1864 over $120,000 worth of goods was salvaged. In 1858 over 300 vessels were registered as taking part in the industry. So popular had wrecking become…
View More Bahamas Philately: 1980 Definitive Series – 16c Wrecking in the 1800’sBahamas Philately: 1980 Definitive Series – $5 Independence, 10th July 1973
The $5 stamp depicts H.R.H. The Prince of Wales handing over the Constitutional instruments to the Rt. Hon. L. O. Pendling. 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…
View More Bahamas Philately: 1980 Definitive Series – $5 Independence, 10th July 1973Bahamas Philately: 1980 Definitive Series – 5c Eleuthera Adventurers (Articles and Orders, 1647)
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…
View More Bahamas Philately: 1980 Definitive Series – 5c Eleuthera Adventurers (Articles and Orders, 1647)Bahamas Philately: 1980 Definitive Series – 50c Tourist Development
During the late 1970’s, tourism in the Bahamas faced many difficulties. A number of major hotel projects were implemented resulting in tourism arrivals reaching a total of two million by 1982. By 1986 The Bahamas received three million visitors a year. However virtually all of the growth between 1982 and 1986…
View More Bahamas Philately: 1980 Definitive Series – 50c Tourist DevelopmentBahamas Philately: 1980 Definitive Series – 25c Pineapple Cultivation
Pineapples were grown in the Bahamas from the early 1700’s. It is believed that The Bahamas was the first country to produce pineapples on a commercial scale. Pineapples were not exported on a large scale until 1844. During that year, it is believed that upward of 15,000 dozen were shipped to…
View More Bahamas Philately: 1980 Definitive Series – 25c Pineapple CultivationBahamas Philately: 1980 Definitive Series – 21c Bootlegging, 1910-1929
The Prohibition Era in the United States began when the Eighteenth Amendment to the US Constitution. The Eighteenth Amendment was introduced in December 1917 and ratified as a part of the Constitution just over a year later. In accordance with the law, Prohibition began on January 17, 1920 with a…
View More Bahamas Philately: 1980 Definitive Series – 21c Bootlegging, 1910-1929Bahamas Philately: 1980 Definitive Series – 1c Landfall of Columbus, 1492
On the evening of 3 August 1492, Italian Christopher Columbus departed from Palos de la Frontera with three ships. The largest was a carrack, the Santa María, and the other two were smaller caravels, the Pinta and the Niña. Columbus first sailed to the Canary Islands where he restocked provisions…
View More Bahamas Philately: 1980 Definitive Series – 1c Landfall of Columbus, 1492