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Details Publisher: Distributor: The Lewis Agency, Nassau, Bahamas Printer: Koppel Color, Hawthorne, New Jersey, USA Process: Photographer: Colour by Nassau Bahamas Development Board Year: 1963 Series: 54200

Grace Line built replacement passenger combo vessels in 1963/64 after their previous nine ships were sent to the breakers. The new ships were the Santa Maria, Santa Magdelena, Santa Mercedes and Santa Mariana and were referred to as the “M” ships.  The Santa Maria was a 20,000 ton liner that offered 19…

Operation Hope – Bahamas was a volunteer association founded by Walt Sterling to assist with the educational, wealth, health, sports and special projects throughout the Bahamas. Sterling was noted as an “internationally honored teacher of world geography” (A.A.U.N. Speaker and U.S. Maritime Officer). Several sets of postcards were produced to assist…

Operation Hope – Bahamas was a volunteer association founded by Walt Sterling to assist with the educational, wealth, health, sports and special projects throughout the Bahamas. Sterling was noted as an “internationally honored teacher of world geography” (A.A.U.N. Speaker and U.S. Maritime Officer). Several sets of postcards were produced to…

Details Designer: Victor Whiteley Printer: Bradbury Wilkinson & Co Ltd, New Malden, Surrey, England Process: Recess Paper:  Watermark: Block CA Perf: 13.5 (comb) Plates: 1 1 : 1a 1a [Left pane : Right pane] Sheet: Printed in two panes of 120, separated by a gutter. Guillotined through gutter into two single panes (R5 x 12). Quantity: …

Details Designer: Victor Whiteley Printer: Bradbury Wilkinson & Co Ltd, New Malden, Surrey, England Process: Recess Paper:  Watermark: Block CA Perf: 13.5 (comb) Plates: 1 1 : 1a 1a [Left pane : Right pane] Sheet: Printed in two panes of 120, separated by a gutter. Guillotined through gutter into two single panes (R5 x 12). Quantity: …

From 26-29 October 1863, an international conference met in Geneva at the invitation of a small committee. It passed a series of resolutions, the first of which determined the creation of a committee, in each country, to combine with the Army Medical Services in the event of war, and the…

Details Designer:  Printer: Bradbury Wilkinson & Co Ltd, New Malden, Surrey, England Process: Recess Paper:  Watermark: Multi Script CA Perf: 11 x 11.5 (comb) Plates: 2 (Deep Ultramarine), 1 (Black) : 2a (Deep Ultramarine), 1a (Black) [Left pane : Right pane] Sheet: Printed in two panes of 120, separated by a gutter. Guillotined through…