The Bahamas Mace, the symbol of parliamentary authority, is 165 years old. On a day that became historic, April 27, 1965, a Progressive Liberal Party member was expelled from the House of Assembly for talking too long during a debate. In a dramatic move “to show we are not afraid”…
View More Bahamas Philately: 1968 14th Parliamentary Conference – 10c Bahamas Mace with Big BenAuthor: thedigitalphilatelist
Bahamas Philately: 1968 14th Parliamentary Conference – 15c Local Horse-Drawn Surrey
What is a visit to Nassau without a ride in a Surrey? Something surely will be missing. This is one of the things the tourist comes for. A little slowing down of pace. You will find the surreys under the trees of Rawson Square, or in Frederick Street North. They…
View More Bahamas Philately: 1968 14th Parliamentary Conference – 15c Local Horse-Drawn SurreyBahamas Philately: 1968 14th Parliamentary Conference – 3c Legislative Building 1729-1968
It was 156 years ago, in the year 1812, that Colonial-style structures were erected in the downtown heart of Nassau and these were the houses of Parliament. They were constructed of coral limestone and have since house the Legislature, Supreme Court, General Post Office, and the now defunct Colonial Secretary’s…
View More Bahamas Philately: 1968 14th Parliamentary Conference – 3c Legislative Building 1729-1968Bahamas Philately: 1968 14th Parliamentary Conference
The Empire Parliamentary Association was founded on 18 July 1911. As well as Members of the UK Parliament, the meeting was attended by representatives of the then dominion Parliaments of Australia, Canada, New Zealand, Newfoundland and South Africa. The Commonwealth Parliamentary Association emerged from the Empire Parliamentary Association at a…
View More Bahamas Philately: 1968 14th Parliamentary ConferenceRhodesia Philately: Pictorial Publishing Co. (Pvt.) Ltd. (Type IA)
Details Publisher: Pictorial Publishing Co. (Pvt.) Limited P.O. Box 650, Bulawao Distributor: Printer: Process: Photographer: Year: 1968 Series: Type IA
View More Rhodesia Philately: Pictorial Publishing Co. (Pvt.) Ltd. (Type IA)Rhodesia Philately: R A Bourlay (Art – PA Series Type I)
Details Publisher: R. A. Bourlay, Greendale, Rhodesia Distributor: Printer: Art Printers Ltd., Salisbury Process: Photographer: Year: 1968 Series: Veld Life PA Series
View More Rhodesia Philately: R A Bourlay (Art – PA Series Type I)Zambia Philately: Nyau
Nyau ( meaning mask or initiation) is a secret society of the Chewa, an ethnic group of the Bantu peoples from Central and Southern Africa. The word Nyau is not only used for the society itself, but also for the indigenous religious beliefs or cosmology of people who form this…
View More Zambia Philately: NyauZambia Philately: Tobacco
Production of tobacco in Zambia dates back to the early 1920’s when European settlers grew it on a small scale. The importance of tobacco as a cash crop grew over the years up to the early past independence years. In the 1960s, tobacco was considered to be one of the…
View More Zambia Philately: TobaccoZambia Philately: Angoni Warrior
The Ngoni (also called Angoni, Abangoni, Mangoni, and Wangoni) are an ethnic group living in the present-day Southern African countries of Malawi, Mozambique, Tanzania, Zimbabwe and Zambia. The Ngoni trace their origins to the Nguni and Zulu people of kwaZulu-Natal in South Africa. The displacement of the Ngoni people in…
View More Zambia Philately: Angoni WarriorZambia Philately: 1968 United Nations Day – 10n World Health Organisation
Twenty years has elapsed since the World Health Organisation formally came into existence. Zambia became a member country in 1965 after attaining independence in 1964. A stamp of 10 ngwee denomination is used bearing the World Health Organisation emblem and the words “20th Anniversary of the World Health Organisation.” Colours…
View More Zambia Philately: 1968 United Nations Day – 10n World Health Organisation