Bahamas Philately: 1954 Definitive Series – 10d Modern Hotels

In 1952, the Bahamas Hotel Association (BHA) had a vision of uniting hoteliers, that would yield long term benefits for business owners, the industry and the country as a whole. The first set of objectives by the association were mainly designed to look at the problems they were having, seek to promote the hotels and work with the Bahamas Tourism Development Board.

The first set of objectives were mainly to look at the problems they were having, seek to promote the hotels and work with the Bahamas Tourism Development Board.

In 1954, the government passed a new Hotels Encouragement Act, which was aimed to spur on the modernization of existing hotels and a wave of new construction. New technology, particularly the advent of air conditioning post World War II, proved to be early game-changers, along with advancements in telecommunications and transportation.

Details

Designer:
Printer: Bradbury Wilkinson & Co Ltd, New Malden, Surrey, England
Process: Recess
Paper:
Watermark: Multiple Script CA
Perf: 11 x 11.5 (comb)
Plates: 1 (Ultramarine), 1 (Black) : 1a (Ultramarine), 1a (Black) [Left pane : Right pane]
Sheet: Printed in two panes of 120, separated by a gutter. Guillotined through gutter into two single panes (R10 x 6).
Quantity:
Reprints:
- 14 April 1955
- 21 November 1956
- 19 February 1958
- 14 January 1959
- 29 March 1960
- 7 February 1961
- 8 January 1963 (Deep Ultramarine & Black)