Details Date of Issue: 20 March 1968 Withdrawn Date: Invalidated: Designer: John Mason, Melbourne Printer: Note Printing Branch, Reserve Bank of Australia, Melbourne Process: Photogravure Cylinders: In printing order Yellow – Light Blue – Dark Blue – Orange (5c) Dark Blue – Black – White – Orange (20c)* Paper: Unwatermarked paper incorporating Derby…
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Australia Philately: 1968 Weather Watch – 20c Weather Watch
Details Series: 1968 Weather Watch Subject: Weather Watch Designer: John Mason, Melbourne Printer: Note Printing Branch, Reserve Bank of Australia, Melbourne Process: Photogravure Cylinders: Dark Blue (I) – Black – White – Orange (printing order) Dark Blue (II) – Black – White – Orange (printing order) Paper: Unwatermarked paper incorporating Derby luminescence Watermark: None Perf: 13.25 x 13.5…
View More Australia Philately: 1968 Weather Watch – 20c Weather WatchBahamas Philately: Dexter Press Inc (DT-33700-C Series)
Details Publisher: Ernie’s Studio & Camera Centre, Ltd., Freeport, Grand Bahama Distributor: Printer: Dexter Press, Inc. West Nyack, New York Process: Photographer: Year: 1968 Series: DT-33700-C
View More Bahamas Philately: Dexter Press Inc (DT-33700-C Series)Rhodesia Philately: 1968 Dual Currency (III)
Details Date of Issue: 11 March 1968 Date Withdrawn: Date Invalidated: Designer: Victor Whiteley Printer: Mardon Printers (Pvt.) Ltd., Salisbury, Rhodesia Process: Lithography Paper: Chromo with creamy/brown gum Watermark: None Perf: 14.5 (comb) Cylinders: 1A 1A 1A 1A (1s6d/15c) 1A 1A 1A (2s/20c) Sheet: R6 x 10 (60 stamps) Quantity: Subjects 1s6d/15c – Ansellia Orchid 2s/20c – Aloe…
View More Rhodesia Philately: 1968 Dual Currency (III)Rhodesia Philately: 1968 Dual Currency – 2s/20c Aloe
Details Subject: Aloe Date of Issue: 11 March 1968 Date Withdrawn: Date Invalidated: Designer: Victor Whiteley Printer: Mardon Printers (Pvt.) Ltd., Salisbury, Rhodesia Process: Lithography Paper: Chromo with creamy/brown gum Watermark: None Perf: 14.5 (comb) Cylinders: 1A (Violet) 1A (Vermilion) 1A (Dull Green) Sheet: R6 x 10 (60 stamps) Quantity: Sheet Numbers
View More Rhodesia Philately: 1968 Dual Currency – 2s/20c AloeRhodesia Philately: 1968 Dual Currency – 1s6d/15c Ansellia Orchid
Details Subject: Ansella Orchid Date of Issue: 11 March 1968 Date Withdrawn: Date Invalidated: Designer: Victor Whiteley Printer: Mardon Printers (Pvt.) Ltd., Salisbury, Rhodesia Process: Lithography Paper: Chromo with creamy/brown gum Watermark: None Perf: 14.5 (comb) Cylinders: 1A (Deep Green) 1A (Sage Green) 1A (Vermilion) 1A (Yellow) Sheet: R6 x 10 (60 stamps) Quantity: Sheet Numbers
View More Rhodesia Philately: 1968 Dual Currency – 1s6d/15c Ansellia OrchidBahamas Philately: Ocean Spray Hotel
In 1967, the Ocean Spray Guest House on West Bay Street was sold by Si Moses to German proprietors Ernest and Olga Brokmeier (who were also proprietors of Gleneagles Hotel). The old guest house was demolished and replaced with a four storey hotel that was completed in March 1968. The…
View More Bahamas Philately: Ocean Spray HotelBahamas Philately: Calypso Distributors Ltd (P69800 Series – Type CC2 – V2)
Details Publisher: Distributor: Calypso Distributors Ltd, P.O. Box 6220, M.S., Nassau, Bahamas Printer: Colourpicture, Boston, Mass. 02130 Process: Plastichrome Photographer: Year: 1968 Series: P69800 Series (Type CC2 – V2)
View More Bahamas Philately: Calypso Distributors Ltd (P69800 Series – Type CC2 – V2)Bahamas Philately: Bahamas Traveler Enterprises Ltd
Bahamas Traveler Enterprises Ltd was a luxury charter business run by Captain Arthur W Crimmins out of Nassau Yacht Haven. Originally based in Miami, Florida, he took honeymoon couples on charter through the Bahamas on the Traveler. After he married, Crimmins obtained the former yacht, Quail, in 1959. The yacht was…
View More Bahamas Philately: Bahamas Traveler Enterprises LtdZambia Philately: 1968 New Currency Definitives – 2n Baobab Tree
Details Series: 1968 New Currency Definitives Subject: Baobab Tree Designer: Gabriel Ellison Printer: Harrison & Sons Ltd. Process: Photogravure Paper: Watermark: None Perf: 14.5 x 13.5 Gum: Gum Arabic (original printing) Polyvinyl Alcohol (reprint) Cylinders: 1A (Copper), 1A (Red-Brown), 1A (Dark Blue), 1A (Blue) Sheet: 10 x 10 Quantity: Reprint: 22 April 1969 27 October 1970 Control…
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