The Dolphin Hotel, located on West Bay Street and Nassau Street, was opened in July 1957. The fully air-conditioned hotel contained 52 rooms (although by 1958 it was advertised as 67 rooms) which were all beach-facing. There was a cocktail bar and lounge with Calypso entertainment and nightly dining and…
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Bahamas Philately: Grand Bahama – Freeport
Freeport was founded by an American, Wallace Groves, who formed the Grand Bahama Port Authority Ltd to negotiate the Hawksbill Creek Agreement with the Bahamas Government. The Hawksbill Creek Agreement was an agreement signed in 1955 between the government of the Bahamas and Groves to establish a city and free…
View More Bahamas Philately: Grand Bahama – FreeportBahamas Philately: Transcolor Corporation (6800 Series)
Details Publisher: Transcolor Corporation, New York, NY Distributor: Malcuna Shops Inc, N.Y., N.Y. Printer: Koppel Color, Hawthorne, New Jersey, USA Process: Photographer: Year: 1955 Series: 6800
View More Bahamas Philately: Transcolor Corporation (6800 Series)Bahamas Philately: Dexter Press Inc (56500 Series – Type C)
Details Publisher: Distributor: Printer: Dexter Press Inc, West Nyack, N.Y. Process: Genuine Natural Color Photographer: Hans Walter Hannau Year: 1955 Series: 56500 (Type C)
View More Bahamas Philately: Dexter Press Inc (56500 Series – Type C)Rhodesia & Nyasaland Philately: The Messina (Transvaal) Development Co Ltd (Umkondo)
The Messina (Transvaal) Development Co Ltd (M. T. D. Co. Ltd) began the production of copper concentrates at the Umkondo Mine in the Sabi Valley (Fort Victoria area) on 21 May 1955. The copper was transported by road to Messina for smelting and refining. References Beerman’s Financial Year Book…
View More Rhodesia & Nyasaland Philately: The Messina (Transvaal) Development Co Ltd (Umkondo)Bahamas Philately: Grand Bahama
The indigenous Lucayan people’s name for the island was Bahama (‘large upper middle island’). Grand Bahama’s existence for almost two centuries was largely governed by the nature of the treacherous coral reefs surrounding the island, which repelled its Spanish claimants while attracting pirates, who would lure ships onto the reefs…
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The T.S.S. Queen Anna Maria was originally built as the RMS Empress of Britain – a transatlantic ocean liner built by Fairfield Shipbuilding at Govan on the Clyde in Scotland in 1955-1956 for the Canadian Pacific Steamships (CP). In November 1964, the former CP Empress was sold to the Greek…
View More Bahamas Philately: Greek Line – T.S.S. Queen Anna MariaBahamas Philately: Transcolor Corporation (6200 Series – Type B)
Details Publisher: Transcolor Corp, New York, NY Distributor: Printer: Koppel Color, Hawthorne, New Jersey, USA Process: Photographer: Year: Series: 6200 (Type B)
View More Bahamas Philately: Transcolor Corporation (6200 Series – Type B)Rhodesia & Nyasaland Philately: Dunlop (Rhodesia) Ltd (Salisbury)
Dunlop (Rhodesia) Ltd opened a new tyre warehouse and headquarters in Salisbury in 1955. The official opening was presided over by Sir Roy Welensky. References Commercial Transport – Africa’s Leading Transport Journal (1955)
View More Rhodesia & Nyasaland Philately: Dunlop (Rhodesia) Ltd (Salisbury)Bahamas Philately: Dexter Press Inc (42600-B Series)
Details Publisher: Sybil G. Dowst, George Town, Exuma, Bahamas Distributor: Printer: Dexter Press Inc, West Nyack, Inc Process: Genuine Natural Color Photographer: Color photo by Dowst Color photo by Davis Dewey Year: c.1955 Series: 42600-B
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