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’sAuthor: thedigitalphilatelist
Bahamas 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, 1492Bahamas Philately: 1980 Definitive Series – 10c Ceremonial Mace
A ceremonial mace is a highly ornamented staff of metal or wood, carried before a sovereign or other high officials in civic ceremonies by a mace-bearer, intended to represent the official’s authority On 27 April 1965, a day known in the Bahamas as “Black Tuesday”, Lynden Pindling, then Opposition Leader,…
View More Bahamas Philately: 1980 Definitive Series – 10c Ceremonial MaceBahamas Philately: 1980 Definitive Series – 3c Blackbeard the Pirate, 1718
Edward Teach (1680–1718), better known as Blackbeard, was an English pirate who operated around the West Indies and the eastern coast of Britain’s North American colonies. Teach was a shrewd and calculating leader who spurned the use of violence, relying instead on his fearsome image to elicit the response that…
View More Bahamas Philately: 1980 Definitive Series – 3c Blackbeard the Pirate, 1718Bahamas Philately: 1980 Definitive Series – $1 Modern Agriculture
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 (Olive) : 1B (Cyan)…
View More Bahamas Philately: 1980 Definitive Series – $1 Modern Agriculture