The usual postal facilities were provided in a mobile post office during the annual Moomba Festival in Melbourne, in association with the Victorian Philatelic Association stamp display. The Post Office van was situated in the Treasury Gardens over the period 3rd-13th March, 1972. The postmarker showed the clown motif of…
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Australia Philately: Australia Post Philatelic Bulletin No.111 – March 1972
Malawi Philately: 1972 Air Malawi – 15t Britten Norman Islander
The late 1960s and early 1970s saw the Air Malawi fleet being modernised and standardised. Two Britten-Norman BN-2A Islanders were ordered in July 1969 and delivered in November 1969 and September 1970. Details Designer: Richard Granger Barrett Printer: Questa Colour Security Printers Ltd (House of Questa) Process: Lithography Paper: Watermark: Cockerels (sideways) Perf: 13.5 (comb)…
View More Malawi Philately: 1972 Air Malawi – 15t Britten Norman IslanderMalawi Philately: 1972 Air Malawi – 8t Hawker Siddeley 748
The late 1960s and early 1970s saw the Malawi Air fleet being modernised and standardised. Two Hawker Siddeley 748s were ordered in May 1969. The HS-748s were delivered in December 1969 and January 1970. Details Designer: Richard Granger Barrett Printer: Questa Colour Security Printers Ltd (House of Questa) Process: Lithography Paper: Watermark: Cockerels (sideways)…
View More Malawi Philately: 1972 Air Malawi – 8t Hawker Siddeley 748Malawi Philately: 1972 Air Malawi – 3t Vickers Viscount
Air Malawi introduced two ex-Central African Airways (CAA) Vickers Viscounts in 1967 when CAA was wound down. The Viscount entered service on 2 April 1968 on the Blantyre to Johannesburg route, and later routes included Blantyre-Salisbury, and Salisbury-Mauritius via Blantyre and Nampula. The Viscounts were sold to Air Zimbabwe in…
View More Malawi Philately: 1972 Air Malawi – 3t Vickers ViscountMalawi Philately: 1972 Air Malawi
Air Malawi began operations in 1964 as a wholly owned subsidiary of Central African Airways (CAA), which had also set up Air Rhodesia and Zambia Airways. Central African Airways was officially dissolved on 31 December 1967, and responsibility for all flights passed onto the three now independent airlines (Zambia Airways,…
View More Malawi Philately: 1972 Air MalawiBahamas Philately: Halcyon Balmoral Hotel
In February 1972, a Bahamian subsidiary of Court Line purchased the Balmoral Beach Hotel (A Sonesta Resort Hotel), becoming the Halcyon Balmoral Hotel. In 1974 the Hotel was sold to the Bahamian Government at a loss. It was relaunched as Balmoral Beach. References Colours in the Sky: The History…
View More Bahamas Philately: Halcyon Balmoral HotelBahamas Philately: Curt Teich (2EK Series – Booklet)
Details Publisher: City Pharmacy Limited, Nassau, Bahamas Distributor: Printer: Curt Teich Process: Curteichcolor 3D Natural Color Reproduction Photographer: Year: 1972 Series: 2EK (Booklet)
View More Bahamas Philately: Curt Teich (2EK Series – Booklet)Bahamas Philately: John Hinde Limited (2BH Series – Type B – No.50-99)
The imprint for this type reads Island Merchants Ltd., N3947, Nassau, Bahamas. Phone 3-5321/2/3. Details Publisher: Island Merchants Ltd Printer: John Hinde Limited, Cabinleely Co, Dublin, Republic of Ireland Year: c.1969 Series: 2BH Series (Type B) The Bahamas Islands
View More Bahamas Philately: John Hinde Limited (2BH Series – Type B – No.50-99)Australia Philately: 3204 – Bentleigh
The new Bentleigh post office was constructed and opened between 1971-1972. 1972 Bentleigh became a Philatelic Sales Centre on 7 August 1972, the date of issue of the Rehabilitation stamps. 1973
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