The Lucayan Hotel and Casino was opened in December 1963. The 263 room hotel was built at a cost $8.6m by Canadian Louis Chesler (president of Grand Bahama Development Ltd) with the assistance of Dino Cellini, an associate of gambling magnate, Meyer Lansky (a mob gangster). The Hotel was part…
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Bahamas Philately: Dukane Press Inc
Dukane Press Inc was a procedure of travel brochures and postcards based in Hollywood, Florida established in the early 1960’s. It had several subsidiaries including Dukane Litho Inc., Dukane Colour Inc., and Litho Arts Inc. In 1970, Litho Arts Inc merged to form Dukane Press Inc. It had previously purchased…
View More Bahamas Philately: Dukane Press IncBahamas Philately: Post Office – Freeport – Machine Cancellations
Type: M1 State 1 (Proud) Usage: DEC 31 / 1963 – MAY 12 / 1970 Slogan: N/A Note: The earliest machine cancellation is dated 16 November 1963 Type: Not listed Usage: 5 JUL / 1971 Slogan: N/A Note: Slogan Cancellations 1970 – Bahamas National Open – Bahamas Islands Open 1972…
View More Bahamas Philately: Post Office – Freeport – Machine CancellationsBahamas Philately: Grand Bahama – West End (Post Office)
Machine Cancellation The earliest machine cancellation is dated 16 November 1963. Inverted MMM/DY (1967) Inverted time (1968) Inverted time (1971?) References British Caribbean Philatelic Journal Vol 4 No.2 March 1964 No.18
View More Bahamas Philately: Grand Bahama – West End (Post Office)Bahamas Philately: Post Office – Mackey Street (Nassau) – Machine Cancellations
Type: D5-M6B Description: 2.1mm Single Circle MACKEY STREET, BAHAMAS H:MM:AM(PM) / MMM DD / YYYY Cancellation: Seven wavy lines (16.5mm high) Usage: NOV 13 / 1963 – MAY 27 / 1974 Note: Luddington & Raymond do not list a 16.5mm cancellation. Slogan Cancellations 1970 – Bahamas National Open – Bahamas…
View More Bahamas Philately: Post Office – Mackey Street (Nassau) – Machine CancellationsBahamas Philately: Acklins Island – Salina Point (Post Office)
Salina Point post office opened on 1 November 1963. The office used a Temporary Rubber Date (TRD) stamp briefly until December 1963 when a 30mm steel-die date stamp arrived. The TRD was collected by the Commissioner and returned the Nassau General Post Office (G.P.O.). References British Caribbean Philatelic Journal Vol…
View More Bahamas Philately: Acklins Island – Salina Point (Post Office)Bahamas Philately: Acklins Island – Binnacle Hill (Post Office)
Binnacle Hill post office opened on 1 November 1963. The office used a Temporary Rubber Date (TRD) stamp briefly until December 1963 when a 30mm steel-die date stamp arrived. The TRD was collected by the Commissioner and returned the Nassau General Post Office (G.P.O.). References British Caribbean Philatelic Journal Vol…
View More Bahamas Philately: Acklins Island – Binnacle Hill (Post Office)Nyasaland Philately: 1963 Definitive Series – ½d on 1d Nyasaland Emblem
Details Series: 1963 Definitive Series Subject: Printer: Bradbury Wilkinson & Co Ltd, New Malden, Surrey, England Process: Recess Paper: Watermark: None Perf: 12 (comb) Plates: 1 (Greenish-Blue) 1a (Greenish-Blue) Sheet: R6 x 10 (60 stamps) Quantity: 211,000 Sheet Numbers
View More Nyasaland Philately: 1963 Definitive Series – ½d on 1d Nyasaland EmblemNyasaland Philately: 1963 Definitive Series
Details Date of Issue: 1 November 1963 Date Withdrawn: 31 December 1963 Date Invalidated: 16 February 1971 (½d, 1d, 2d, 3d, 9d) Designer: Printer: Bradbury Wilkinson & Co Ltd, New Malden, Surrey, England Process: Recess Paper: Watermark: None Perf: 12 (comb) Plates: (see individual values) Sheet: R6 x 10 (60 stamps) Quantity: (see individual values) Subjects ½d…
View More Nyasaland Philately: 1963 Definitive SeriesBahamas Philately: The Lewis Agency (54200 Series)
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
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