Eight Mile Rock is one of the oldest communities located on Grand Bahama. Things to Do St. Agnes Catholic Church
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Bahamas Philately: Tourism Development Board
In 1950 Sir Stafford Sands, a leading member of the island’s Government, revived the Tourism Development Board. He was given a budget of $500,000 which was used for extensive advertising and the opening of five overseas offices in North America and Europe. In 1964, with the introduction of Internal Self-Government,…
View More Bahamas Philately: Tourism Development BoardBahamas Philately: Post Office – Grants Town
Grants Town was a Branch Post Office located in New Providence. The post office was located on the corner of Blue Hill Road and Vesey Street. Date Stamps Description: 25mm Single Circle GRANTS TOWN / BAHAMAS DDMMMYY Usage: 27AUG44 – 13NOV69 Type: Type 7 (Luddington & Raymond) D3 (Proud) Luddington &…
View More Bahamas Philately: Post Office – Grants TownBahamas Philately: Balcony House
Balcony House is located in Market St, Nassau. Balcony House is named for the long, second-floor balcony that stretched across the front of the home. It was constructed in the 18th century in the Loyalist style and is the oldest existing wooden residential building in The Bahamas. In the mid-1800s, the…
View More Bahamas Philately: Balcony HouseBahamas Philately: Big Game Club and Anchors Aweigh Hotel
The Anchors Aweigh Hotel was located on North Bimini and was originally a Prohibition-era bar called the Fountain of Youth. Neville Stuart, a fuel salesman for the West India Oil Refining Company, was persuaded by Ernest Hemingway to acquire the bar and offer accommodation to anglers. He called it the…
View More Bahamas Philately: Big Game Club and Anchors Aweigh HotelBahamas Philately: New Providence – Fox Hill
Fox Hill is one of the oldest Bahamian villages in The Bahamas and its residents are called “Fox Hillians.” The township’s name is derived from Samuel Fox, an enslaved African who was freed and granted 23.5 acres of land at Creek Village in 1801. The original settlement had concentrations of…
View More Bahamas Philately: New Providence – Fox HillBahamas Philately: Saint Augustine’s Monastery
In March 1946, Monsignor John Hawes commenced working on St Augustine’s College, Monastery and Church at Fox Hill, New Providence. Hawes, an architect, originally designed a typical monastery built around an internal quadrangle. However, he soon realised that the contingencies of the site required a different approach which he described…
View More Bahamas Philately: Saint Augustine’s MonasteryBahamas Philately: Coconut Tree (Cocos nucifera)
The coconut tree (Cocos nucifera) is a member of the palm tree family (Arecaceae) and the only living species of the genus Cocos. The term “coconut” (or the archaic “cocoanut”) can refer to the whole coconut palm, the seed, or the fruit, which botanically is a drupe, not a nut.…
View More Bahamas Philately: Coconut Tree (Cocos nucifera)Bahamas Philately: Stamps and Postal Products (1950-1959)
Stamp Dealers Coin of the Realm Ltd Hauser’s Bahama Stamp & Coin Ltd 1953 1953 Coronation of Queen Elizabeth II 1954 1954 Definitive Series 1959 1959 Bahamas Postal Centenary (1859-1959)
View More Bahamas Philately: Stamps and Postal Products (1950-1959)Bahamas Philately: Eastern Shipping Corporation – S/S Evangeline
In 1950, Frank L. Fraser founded the Eastern Shipping Corporation. In May 1954 he purchased two ships from Eastern Steamship Lines, the SS Yarmouth and SS Evangeline. The Evangeline was transferred to a Liberian registry and retained her name, although in 1955 she was to be rechristened as SS Nassau…
View More Bahamas Philately: Eastern Shipping Corporation – S/S Evangeline