Details Date of Issue: 10 May 1965 Withdrawn Date: Invalidated: Designer: George Hamori & J. McMahon Printer: Note Printing Branch, Reserve Bank of Australia Process: Photogravure Cylinders: Blue – Brown – Orange – Black Paper: Harrison chalk-surfaced white paper Watermark: None Perf: 13.5 x 13.25 (comb) Sheet: R5 x 12 (60 stamps) Quantity: 29,651,040 Sheet Number
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Zambia Philately: Commercial Bank Zambia Ltd (Lusaka)
Commercial Bank Zambia Ltd was located in Lusaka. It was registered on 1 May 1965 to take over the business of the Netherlands Bank of South Africa Ltd. The Nederlandse Overzee Bank N.N. Amsterdam and the Continental Illinois National Bank and Trust Company of Chicago had equal shares. Further branches were…
View More Zambia Philately: Commercial Bank Zambia Ltd (Lusaka)Australia Philately: 1965 Bird Definitive Series (New Values)
Details Date of Issue: 21 April 1965 Reprint: 2 June 1965 Withdrawn Date: Invalidated: Designer: Betty Temple-Watts Printer: Note Printing Branch, Reserve Bank of Australia Process: Photogravure Cylinders: Yellow – Pink – Black (2/-) Black – Red – Green – Grey (2/6d) Paper: Wiggins Teape coated paper with helecon Watermark: None Perf: Comb 13.5 x 13.25…
View More Australia Philately: 1965 Bird Definitive Series (New Values)Australia Philately: 1965 Bird Definitive Series (New Values) – 2s Golden Whistler
Details Series: 1965 Bird Definitive Series (New Values) Subject: Golden Whistler Designer: Betty Temple-Watts Printer: Note Printing Branch, Reserve Bank of Australia Process: Photogravure Cylinders: Yellow – Pink – Black Paper: Wiggins Teape coated paper with helecon Watermark: None Perf: 13.5 x 13.25 (comb) Sheet: 60 stamps (R5 x 12) Quantity: 12,145,567 Sheet Number
View More Australia Philately: 1965 Bird Definitive Series (New Values) – 2s Golden WhistlerAustralia Philately: 1965 Bird Definitive Series (New Values) – 2/6d Scarlet Robin
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…
View More Australia Philately: 1965 Bird Definitive Series (New Values) – 2/6d Scarlet RobinBahamas 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…
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