Vendue House, situated on Bay Street, Nassau, was built some time before 1769. It was one-storey building, furnished only with a roof and rounded pillars and was erected for the convenience of traders selling their goods at Public auctions. Slavery in the Bahamas dated back several centuries. Slavery was legally…
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Bahamas Philately: 1980 Definitive Series – 18c Blockade Running (American Civil War)
The American Civil War (1861 –1865) was a civil war in the United States. It was fought between the Union (“the North”) and the Confederacy (“the South”), the latter formed by states that had seceded. The central cause of the war was the dispute over whether slavery would be permitted…
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Australia Philately: 1980 Centenary of the Siege of Glenrowan
A commemorative pre-stamped envelope will be issued on 25 June 1980 to mark the centenary of the Siege of Glenrowan. The Siege of the Glenrowan Inn proved to be the end of a colourful road the bushranger Ned Kelly and his notorious Kelly Gang, after some two years of robbery…
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3000 – LATROBE STREET 3192 – SOUTHLAND CENTRE
View More Australia Philately: 1980 Opening of the High Court Building – First Day Covers No.141 (VIC)Australia Philately: 1980 Opening of the High Court Building
Australia Post will issued a 22c stamp on 19 May 1980 to commemorate the opening of the High Court of Australia building. The issue date of the stamps is also the opening date of the Second International Appellate Judges Conference, being held in Sydney and Canberra. The High Court of…
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3000 – LATROBE STREET 3000 – PHILATELIC BUREAU MELBOURNE
View More Australia Philately: 1980 Australian Folklore – First Day Covers No.139 (VIC)Australia Philately: 1980 Australian Folklore
On 7 May 1980 Australia Post will issue a se-tenant strip of 22c stamps illustrating the Banko Paterson penned ballad ‘Waltzing Matilda’. The stamps and stamp pack will be available at all post offices from 7 May 1980 for approximately six weeks. They will remain on sale at philatelic sales…
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Australia Philately: 1980 Australian Birds (I) – First Day Covers No.139A (VIC)
3000 – LA TROBE STREET 3020 – SUNSHINE 3192 – SOUTHLAND CENTRE
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