Bahamas Philately: 1980 Definitive Series

Details

• Date of Issue: 9 July 1980
• Date Withdrawn:
• Date Invalidated:
• Designer: John Waddington of Kirkstall Ltd, Leeds, England
• Printer: Format International Security Printers Ltd
• Process: Lithography
• Paper: 
• Watermark: Crown CA (Diagonal)
• Perf: 14.5 (comb)
• Cylinders: Printed in four panes separated by gutter between the four panes, and guillotined into two horizontal panes.
  • 1A : 1B [upper left : upper right]
  • 1C : 1D [lower left : lower right]
• Sheet: R10 x 5 in two panes separated by a gutter (100 stamps)
• Quantity:

Subjects

• 1c – Landfall of Columbus, 1492
• 3c – Blackbeard the Pirate, 1718
• 5c – Eleuthera Adventurers (Articles and Orders, 1647)
• 10c – Ceremonial Mace
• 12c – The Loyalists, 1738-1788
• 15c – Slave Trading at Vendue House
• 16c – Wrecking in the 1800’s
• 18c – Blockade Running (American Civil War)
• 21c – Bootlegging, 1910-1929
• 25c – Pineapple Cultivation
• 40c – Sponge Clipping
• 50c – Tourist Development
• $1 – Modern Agriculture
• $2 – Modern Air & Sea Transport
• $3 – Banking in the Bahamas
• $5 – Independence, 10th July 1973

First Day Cover (Official)

References

• British Caribbean Philatelic Journal Vo1.62 No.2 2022