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: …
View More Bahamas Philately: 1963 International Red Cross Centenary (1863-1963) – 10d Red CrossAuthor: thedigitalphilatelist
Bahamas Philately: 1963 International Red Cross Centenary (1863-1963) – 1d Red Cross
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: …
View More Bahamas Philately: 1963 International Red Cross Centenary (1863-1963) – 1d Red CrossBahamas Philately: 1963 International Red Cross Centenary (1863-1963)
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…
View More Bahamas Philately: 1963 International Red Cross Centenary (1863-1963)Bahamas Philately: 1963 Bahamas Talks – 10d
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…
View More Bahamas Philately: 1963 Bahamas Talks – 10dBahamas Philately: 1963 Bahamas Talks – 8d
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: 1 (Reddish-Lilac), 1 (Black) : 1a (Reddish-Lilac), 1a (Black) [Left pane : Right pane] Sheet: Printed in two panes of 120, separated by a gutter. Guillotined through gutter…
View More Bahamas Philately: 1963 Bahamas Talks – 8dBahamas Philately: Natural Color Publishers Inc (60700 Series)
Details Publisher: Natural Color Publishers Inc, Miami Beach, Florida Distributor: Printer: Koppel Color, Hawthorne, New Jersey, USA Process: Photographer: Year: 1963 Series: 60700
View More Bahamas Philately: Natural Color Publishers Inc (60700 Series)Bahamas Philately: Caravel Club
The Caravel Club was an eight-unit guest house located in Lucaya, Freeport on Grand Bahama island which opened in 1962. The Port Authority commissioned Alfred Browing Parker to design the eight guest rooms. It was later expanded to 25 rooms, which had a small restaurant attached. Postcards 1963 – Natural…
View More Bahamas Philately: Caravel ClubBahamas Philately: 1963 Freedom From Hunger
The United Nations’ Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO), one of the specialized agencies of the United Nations, launched a ” Freedom from Hunger Campaign” in 1960 that was planned to last five years, during which time collective action was to be taken everywhere in the world where food supplies were…
View More Bahamas Philately: 1963 Freedom From HungerDominica Philately: 1963 Definitive Series – 14c Traditional Costume (Type A)
The origins of the traditional local costume are somewhat obscure. Undoubtedly it owes much to the costume of the neighbouring French islands of Guadaloupe and Martinque. The head-dress with its three points is popularly supposed to indicate the wearer’s marital status and, if not married, her willingness, or otherwise, to…
View More Dominica Philately: 1963 Definitive Series – 14c Traditional Costume (Type A)Dominica Philately: 1963 Definitive Series – 8c Dug-out Canoe
In Dominica, modern Kalinago utilize the gommier (Dacryodes excelsa) from the Bursera family (Burseraceae) to manufacture canoes. This was the primary tree that was exploited for canoes in the early 20th century in Dominica and a fragment of a gommier canoe that washed on the shore of Mona Island was observed…
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