Bahamas Philately: 1963 Bahamas Talks

Details

Date of Issue: 15 July 1963
Date Withdrawn: 14 October 1963
Date Invalidated:
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 (Reddish-Lilac) 1 (Black) : 1a (Reddish-Lilac) 1a (Black) [Left pane : Right pane]
- 2 (Deep Ultramarine) 1 (Black) : 2a (Deep Ultramarine) 1a (Black) [Left pane : Right pane]
Sheet:
- Printed in two sheets (A B) of 120 stamps with each sheet consisting of 60 stamps (R6 x 10) separared by a vertical gutter.
- Distributed in single sheets of 60 stamps.
Quantity: Remainders were destroyed at the Police Headquarters incinerator.
- 8d – 7,285 sheets (23 destroyed) – 432,720-524,000 sold
- 10d – 5035 sheets (2649 destroyed) – 143,640-391,880 sold

There appears to be two sheet numbers applied to the overprints. One sheet number in the top right of the sheet (from the original printing), then an a secondary overprint applied next to R1/1 or R10/6 (for the overprint printing).