Author: thedigitalphilatelist

Yachting is the use of recreational boats and ships called yachts for racing or cruising. Yachts are distinguished from working ships mainly by their leisure purpose. “Yacht” derives from the Dutch word jacht (“hunt”). During the 1960’s a number of yacht clubs, havens and marinas were constructed to support the…

View More Bahamas Philately: 1965 Definitive Series – 8d Yachting

Details Date of Issue: 7 January 1965 Reprints: 14 September 1965 (2d, 1s) Date Withdrawn: 24 May 1966 Date Invalidated: Designer: Portrait by Anthony Buckley Printer: Bradbury Wilkinson & Co Ltd, New Malden, Surrey, England Process: Lithography & Recess (portrait & BAHAMAS) Paper:  Watermark: Multiple St Edward’s Crown Block CA…

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Details Series: 1965 Definitive Series Subject: Sea Garden Designer: Portrait by Anthony Buckley Printer: Bradbury Wilkinson & Co Ltd, New Malden, Surrey, England Process: Lithography & Recess (portrait & BAHAMAS) Paper:  Watermark: Multiple St Edward’s Crown Block CA Perf: 13.5 (comb) Plates: Printed in sheets of 120, separated by gutter. Guillotined through vertical gutter into two…

View More Bahamas Philately: 1965 Definitive Series – 1/- Sea Garden

Details Series: 1965 Definitive Series Subject: Modern Development Designer: Portrait by Anthony Buckley Printer: Bradbury Wilkinson & Co Ltd, New Malden, Surrey, England Process: Lithography & Recess (portrait & BAHAMAS) Paper:  Watermark: Multiple St Edward’s Crown Block CA Perf: 13.5 (comb) Plates: Printed in sheets of 120, separated by gutter. Guillotined through vertical gutter into two…

View More Bahamas Philately: 1965 Definitive Series – 6d Development

Details Series: 1965 Definitive Series Subject: Flamingo Designer: Portrait by Anthony Buckley Printer: Bradbury Wilkinson & Co Ltd, New Malden, Surrey, England Process: Lithography & Recess (portrait & BAHAMAS) Paper:  Watermark: Multiple St Edward’s Crown Block CA Perf: 13.5 (comb) Plates: Printed in sheets of 120, separated by gutter. Guillotined through vertical gutter into two…

View More Bahamas Philately: 1965 Definitive Series – 3d Flamingo

On 27 April, 1925, the Bahamas Colony formally opened its first fully government-sponsored secondary school, the Government High School at Nassau Court. Prior to 1925, only privately organized institutions offered access to secondary education. The school fee requirements essentially limited enrolment to students drawn from middle and upper socioeconomic classes.…

View More Bahamas Philately: 1965 Definitive Series – 2d High School

On the 13 October 1964 Hannau Color Productions Inc (Miami) and Hannau Color Productions Inc of New York changed it’s name to Hannau-Robinson Color Productions Inc. The head office was located in New York with branches in Miami Beach, Orlando, Houston, Dayton, Chicago, Denver and San Francisco. On 27 May 1969,…

View More Bahamas Philately: Hannau-Robinson Color Productions Inc

“Malabar X” is an American schooner designed by John Gale Alden and built by Hodgdon Brothers, being launched in Maine in 1930. It was the tenth personal yacht made by its designer. In 1930 and 1932 it won the Bermuda Race. Around 1965, the Malabar X was used as a…

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