Details Series: 1965 Bird Definitive Series (New Values) Subject: Scarlet Robin Designer: Betty Temple-Watts Printer: Note Printing Branch, Reserve Bank of Australia Process: Photogravure Cylinders: Black – Red – Green – Grey Paper: Wiggins Teape coated paper with helecon Watermark: None Perf: 13.25 x 13.5 (comb Sheet: 60 stamps (R12 x 5) Quantity: 3,726,000…
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Bahamas Philately: B Amadeus Rubel (S-56900 Series)
Details Publisher: B. Amadeus Rubel, Box 721, N.Miami, Fla. Distributor: Printer: Koppel Color, Hawthorne, New Jersey, USA Process: Photographer: Year: 1965 Series: S-56900
View More Bahamas Philately: B Amadeus Rubel (S-56900 Series)Bahamas Philately: Holiday Inn (Freeport)
The Holiday Inn in Freeport was opened in the winter of 1965. Originally planned for 500 rooms, it opened with 614 and was the largest hotel in the Holiday Inn hotel chain with 14,000ft of beach for its guests. Landscaping of the grounds included the planting 1,100 trees and shrubs…
View More Bahamas Philately: Holiday Inn (Freeport)Bahamas Philately: Calypso Distributors Ltd (P64400 Series – Type AA)
Details Publisher: Calypso Distributors Ltd, P.O. Box 5668 M.S., Nassau, Bahamas Distributor: Printer: Colourpicture Publishers Inc., Boston 30 Mass. U.S.A. Process: Plastichrome Photographer: Year: 1966 Series: P64400 Series (Type AA)
View More Bahamas Philately: Calypso Distributors Ltd (P64400 Series – Type AA)Bahamas Philately: Oceanus Hotel
The Oceanus Hotel, Freeport, was opened in December 1965. It was originally named the Oceanus Inn but the name was changed just before it opened. The hotel hosted 168 rooms divided into 10 three-bedroom suites, 30 two-bedroom suites and 60 one-bedroom units. The hotel’s dining rooms, including the Coral Terrace…
View More Bahamas Philately: Oceanus HotelBahamas Philately: Freeport – Churchill Square
Downtown Freeport began as a supermarket and a few single-storey commercial buildings. After the creation of planning department, a downtown square with a parade ground was created. It was landscaped with an avenue of trees that lead to a large bronze head portrait of Sir Winston Churchill. The bronze…
View More Bahamas Philately: Freeport – Churchill SquareMalawi Philately: 1965 – New Coinage
The first coinage of the Independent State of Malawi were issued in 1965. The coins were made in nickel-silver alloy by the Royal Mint, London, and carried a portrait on the obverse of the Prime Minister, Dr. Hastings Banda, modelled by Mr. Paul Vincze. The four values issued were: Sixpence:…
View More Malawi Philately: 1965 – New CoinageMalawi Philately: 1965 New Coinage – 4/6d Miniature Sheet
Details Designer: Victor Whitely Printer: Joh. Enschedé En Zonen Hollande Process: Photogravure Paper: Watermark: None Perf: Imperf Cylinders: Sheet: N/A Quantity:
View More Malawi Philately: 1965 New Coinage – 4/6d Miniature SheetBahamas Philately: Max Basker & Sons (P64900 Series)
Details Publisher: Distributor: Max Basker & Sons Printer: Colorpicture Publishers Inc, Boston, Mass., USA Process: Plastichrome Photographer: Year: 1965 Series: P64900
View More Bahamas Philately: Max Basker & Sons (P64900 Series)Bahamas Philately: John F Kennedy Memorial
The John F Kennedy Memorial in Nassau was a project of the local Rotary club. Over 1700 Bahamians donated £406 to a club fund raising project of which £300 went to furnish a hospital room in the late President’s name, and the remaining amount to the memorial. Bahamian Premier Sir…
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