In 1950, Frank L. Fraser founded the Eastern Shipping Corporation. In May 1954 he purchased the SS Yarmouth from the Eastern Steamship Lines. The SS Yarmouth was transferred to a Panamanian registry where she was renamed SS Yarmouth Castle and then the SS Queen of Nassau. By 1957 the SS Queen…
View More Bahamas Philately: Eastern Shipping Corporation – S/S YarmouthAuthor: thedigitalphilatelist
Australia Philately: Clayton (3168)
The Clayton post office and exchange on Clayton Road was officially opened in 1957. Additions and alterations were made in 1963. The new post office had a front screen of anodised aluminium and the entire western wall was of aluminium framed glass surrounded eight anodised aluminium telephone cabinets. 1971 1975…
View More Australia Philately: Clayton (3168)Bahamas Philately: J Salmon Ltd (Type II)
Details Publisher: City Pharmacy Ltd, Nassau, Bahamas Distributor: Printer: J Salmon Ltd, Sevenoaks Process: Real photograph Photographer: Freddie Maura, Nassau Year: 1958 Series: Type II
View More Bahamas Philately: J Salmon Ltd (Type II)Bahamas Philately: French Leave
The French Leave hotel was located in Governor’s Harbour, Eleuthera. It was considered one of the oldest inns in the Out Islands. The hotel was a cottage-style resort located on a mile and a half pink sand beach In 1957, the hotel was sold to the Broadway, television and Hollywood…
View More Bahamas Philately: French LeaveBahamas Philately: Hannau Color Productions (15700 Series)
Details Publisher: Hannau Color Productions, Miami Beach, Fla. Printer: Koppel Color, Hawthorne, New Jersey, USA Year: 1957 Series: 15700
View More Bahamas Philately: Hannau Color Productions (15700 Series)Bahamas Philately: Hatchet Bay Yacht Club
In January 1955 Gertrude Moller and her husband, Knud, moved their family to Eleuthera Island in the Bahamas. Knud was the manager of a huge dairy and poultry farm. In the summer of 1956, Gertrude and her husband renovated a small house on the bay as a respite for the…
View More Bahamas Philately: Hatchet Bay Yacht ClubBahamas Philately: Litho U.S.A. (Nassau Yacht Haven – Type I)
Details Publisher: Distributor: Printer: Litho U.S.A. G.A. Process: Photographer: Year: 1956 Series: 30M 51 Quantity: 30,000
View More Bahamas Philately: Litho U.S.A. (Nassau Yacht Haven – Type I)Bahamas Philately: Columbus Monument
The Columbus Monument is located at Long Bay, on Landing Beach, and was erected by Columbian historian Ruth C. (Durlacher) Wolper and the people of San Salvador on 25th December 1956. The monument is a simple white cross which commemorates the first land discovered in the West Indies and the…
View More Bahamas Philately: Columbus MonumentRhodesia & Nyasaland Philately: Rhodesian Acceptances Ltd
Rhodesian Acceptance Ltd was located on the ground floor of Charter House on Selbourne Avenue, Salisbury. It was established on 1 October 1956 as an associated company of Union Acceptances Ltd. Union Acceptances Ltd was established in 1955 by Anglo American Coporation of South Africa Ltd in conjunction with Lazard Brothers…
View More Rhodesia & Nyasaland Philately: Rhodesian Acceptances LtdRhodesia & Nyasaland Philately: Ambassador Hotel
The Ambassador Hotel, Salisbury, was built in 1955 and opened in September 1956. It provided 97 rooms, the Bird and Bottle luxury grill room and bar, and the Quill Club. In 1960, the hotel was substantially extended and took over six floors of a new tower block housing government departments.…
View More Rhodesia & Nyasaland Philately: Ambassador Hotel