Bahamas Philately: 1976 Definitive Series (Reprint – New Watermark)

In 1976, the 1971 Definitive Series reprints changed watermark from Block C.A. to Diagonal C.A. Details Date of Issue: 4th Reprint – 30 March 1976 (2c, 8c, 10c, 50c, $1) 5th Reprint – 2 May 1976 ($2) 6th Reprint – 1 November 1976 (1c, 3c, 5c, $3) Date Withdrawn: Date Invalidated: Designer: Elyse…

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Bahamas Philately: 1976 Definitive Series (4th Reprint – New Watermark)

Details Date of Issue: 30 March 1976 Date Withdrawn: 8 July 1980 Date Invalidated: Designer: Elyse Wasile Printer: Format International Security Printers Ltd Process: Lithography Paper:  Watermark: Multiple Crown CA Diagonal Perf: 14.5 x 14 (comb) Cylinders:  1A 1A 1A 2A ($1) 1A 2A 1A 1A 3A (50c) 2A 1A 2A 1A 1A (8c)…

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Bahamas Philately: 1976 Definitive Series (4th Reprint – New Watermark) – $1 Pineapple

Details Series: 1976 Definitive Series (4th Reprint – New Watermark) Subject: Pineapple Designer: Elyse Wasile Printer: Format International Security Printers Ltd Process: Lithography Paper:  Watermark: Multiple Crown CA (Diagonal) Perf: 14.5 x 14 (comb) Cylinders:  1A 1A 1A 2A : 1B 1B 1B 2B Sheet: R10 x 10 (100 stamps) Quantity: Sheet Numbers

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Malawi Philately: 1976 Centenary of First Telephone Transmission – 40t Alexander Graham Bell

Details Designer: Clive Abbott Printer: Questa Colour Security Printers Limited (The House of Questa) Process: Lithography Paper:  Watermark: Cockerels Perf: 14 (comb) Cylinders: Printed in panes of four (100), separated by gutter (4 x sheets of 25), and sold as single sheets. 1A (Bright Blue), 1A (Black): 1B (Bright Blue), 1B (Black) [Upper…

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Malawi Philately: 1976 Centenary of First Telephone Transmission – 20t Alexander Graham Bell

Details Designer: Clive Abbott Printer: Questa Colour Security Printers Limited (The House of Questa) Process: Lithography Paper:  Watermark: Cockerels Perf: 14 (comb) Cylinders: Printed in panes of four (100), separated by gutter (4 x sheets of 25), and sold as single sheets. 1A (Purple), 1A (Black) : 1B (Purple), 1B (Black) [Upper left…

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Malawi Philately: 1976 Centenary of First Telephone Transmission – 10t Alexander Graham Bell

Details Designer: Clive Abbott Printer: Questa Colour Security Printers Limited (The House of Questa) Process: Lithography Paper:  Watermark: Cockerels Perf: 14 (comb) Cylinders: Printed in panes of four (100), separated by gutter (4 x sheets of 25), and sold as single sheets. 1A (Magenta), 1A (Black) : 1B (Magenta), 1B (Black) [Upper left…

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Malawi Philately: 1976 Centenary of First Telephone Transmission – 3t Alexander Graham Bell

Details Designer: Clive Abbott Printer: Questa Colour Security Printers Limited (The House of Questa) Process: Lithography Paper:  Watermark: Cockerels Perf: 14 (comb) Cylinders: Printed in panes of four (100), separated by gutter (4 x sheets of 25), and sold as single sheets. 1A (Dull Green), 1A (Black) : 1B (Dull Green), 1B (Black)…

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Malawi Philately: 1976 Centenary of First Telephone Transmission

Alexander Graham Bell (1847-1922) was a Scottish-born inventor, scientist and engineer who is credited with patenting the first practical telephone. He also co-founded the American Telephone and Telegraph Company (AT&T) in 1885. On 7 March 1876, Alexander Graham Bell, scientist, inventor and innovator, received the first patent for an “apparatus…

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Bahamas Philately: 1976 100th Anniversary of the First Telephone Conversation – 16c The Radio-Telephone Link Deleporte Nassau

Details Designer: Gyula László Vasarhelyi Printer: Thomas De La Rue & Co Ltd Process: Lithography Paper:  Watermark: Multiple Crown CA Diagonal (sideways)* Perf: 14 (comb) Cylinders: Printed in panes of four by gutters, guillotined between horizontal gutter into two panes. 1A (Cyan) 1A (Yellow) 1A (Magenta) 1A (Black) : 1C (Cyan) 1C (Yellow) 1C (Magenta) 1C…

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