The International Telecommunication Union is a specialized agency of the United Nations responsible for many matters related to information and communication technologies. It was established on 17 May 1865 as the International Telegraph Union, making it the oldest UN agency. The ITU was initially aimed at helping connect telegraphic networks…
View More Bahamas Philately: 1965 Centenary of the International Telecommunication Union (1865-1965)Author: thedigitalphilatelist
Zambia Philately: Zambia National Tourist Bureau
The Zambia National Tourism Bureau (ZNTB) was established in May, 1965 to market tourist attractions such as waterfalls, game parks and cultural ceremonies. One of the successful campaigns of the Bureau was the Zambia in the Sun campaign. In addition to the marketing of tourist attractions, from 1968 they also operated tours…
View More Zambia Philately: Zambia National Tourist BureauAustralia Philately: 1965 International Telecommunication Union 1865
Details Date of Issue: 10 May 1965 Withdrawn Date: Invalidated: Designer: George Hamori & J. McMahon Printer: Note Printing Branch, Reserve Bank of Australia Process: Photogravure Cylinders: Blue – Brown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
View More Australia Philately: 1965 International Telecommunication Union 1865Zambia 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Details Date of Issue: 21 April 1965 Reprint: 2 June 1965 Withdrawn Date: Invalidated: Designer: Betty Temple-Watts Printer: Note Printing Branch, Reserve Bank of Australia Process: Photogravure Cylinders: Yellow – Pink – Black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)