Bahamas Philately: 1967 Definitive Series

Details

• Date of Issue: 25 May 1967
• Date Withdrawn: 26 April 1971
• Date Invalidated:
• Designer: Portrait by Anthony Buckley
• Printer: Bradbury Wilkinson & Co Ltd
• Process: Litho & Recess (portrait & BAHAMAS)
• Paper: 
  • 1st Printing – Normal
  • 2nd Printing – White paper
  • 3rd Printing – White paper
• Watermark: Multiple St Edward’s Crown Block CA
• Perf: 13.5 (comb)
• Plates: 
• Sheet: R10 x 10 (100 stamps)
• Quantity: 
• Reprints:
  • 2nd Printing – 1970
  • 3rd Printing – April 1971

The distributors to the philatelic trade, Inter-Governmental Philatelic Corp, were unreliable in completeness and accuracy of their information about reprintings and distribution. However, printing orders for Bahamas stamps were handled by the Crown Agents, and some information was available through them.

There were five reprintings of this issue. While each reprinting covered only a few denominations, each value was reprinted at least once. There was serious flood damage in August 1968 at the printer’s plant, and all vignette plates for this issue as well as the frame plate for the 3c value were damaged. New plates (Plate 2) were made.

Subjects

• 1c Coat of Arms
• 2c Out Island Regatta
• 3c High School
• 4c Flamingo
• 5c Oceanic
• 8c Development
• 10c Yachting
• 11c Hospital
• 12c Public Square
• 15c Sea Garden
• 22c Old Cannons at Fort Charlotte
• 50c Jetliner/Seaplane
• $1 1914 Williamson Film Project
• $2 Conch Shell
• $3 Columbus’s Flagship

Crown Agents’ Souvenir Card

• Date: July 1967
• Printer: CA/SP(W) Ltd
• Quantity: 10,000

References

• British Caribbean Philatelic Journal Vo.11 No.5, Oct 1971