The RMS Queen Mary was built by John Brown & Company in Clydebank, Scotland. Queen Mary, along with RMS Queen Elizabeth, was built as part of Cunard’s planned two-ship weekly express service between Southampton, Cherbourg and New York. The two ships were a British response to the express superliners built…
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Bahamas Philately: Dexter Press (46100 Series)
Details Publisher: Meston’s Travels Inc., El Paso, Texas Distributor: Printer: Dexter Press, Pearl River, N.J. Process: Dextone (Made from Kodachrome and Ansco Color) Photographer: Year: 1950 Series: 46100
View More Bahamas Philately: Dexter Press (46100 Series)Bahamas Philately: Natural Color Publishers Inc
Natural Color Publishers Inc was located at 605 Lincoln Road, Miami Beach, Florida. In 1947, after Hans Walter Hannau fled Austria to the U.S., Hannau encouraged his mother-in-law to establish Natural Color Publishers. The business was originally designed to promote Miami Beach and a cheesecake-models including named Bunny and Bettie…
View More Bahamas Philately: Natural Color Publishers IncBahamas Philately: Bang Bang Club
The Bang Bang Club was originally established by Colonel Hank S Thorne as Camp Bang Bang in 1949 – a fishing camp at Pot Cay, Andros Island. The name Bang Bang was a reference to the duck and boar hunting that the camp offered. However, its famous offering was bonefishing…
View More Bahamas Philately: Bang Bang ClubBahamas Philately: Nassau Yacht Haven
As the popularity of recreational boating grew after WWII, so did the demand for docks. The Nassau Yacht Haven opened on 1 May 1949 at a cost of $100,000. It was owned and operated by Robert H Symonette. The original building, which housed the Poop Deck Restaurant, was originally used…
View More Bahamas Philately: Nassau Yacht HavenBahamas Philately: Colourpicture Publishers Inc
Colourpicture Publishers, Inc., was a greeting card and postcard printer and distributor in Boston, Massachusetts, on Newbury Street with a factory at 76a Atherton Street. The firm was in business between 1938 and 1969. Colorpicture began using Plastichrome for picture postcards and pictorial reproductions in April 1949. Images printed using…
View More Bahamas Philately: Colourpicture Publishers IncBahamas Philately: The Royal Victoria Hotel
The Royal Victoria Hotel was built in 1861 by the Government of Bahamas at a cost of £20,000. The hotel was built to cater for those seeking to escape from the American Civil War as well as Europeans seeking their fortunes. In 1949, the property was sold to Royal Little,…
View More Bahamas Philately: The Royal Victoria HotelBahamas Postcards: Transcolor Corporation
Transcolor Corporation was established as a graphic arts company by Winthrop P Moore in 1947. Transcolor established a ‘transcolor’ process in which they reproduced four-colour postcards from any colour transparency at a third of the cost used by other four-colour processes at the time. The new products did not sacrifice…
View More Bahamas Postcards: Transcolor CorporationBahamas Philately: The Windsor Hotel
The Windsor Hotel was constructed A. Baker & Sons in the 1930’s and was the first hotel in the centre of Bay Street. The hotel opened for trade in 1938 prior to the outbreak of World War II but did not officially open until 1946, after the end of the…
View More Bahamas Philately: The Windsor HotelBahamas Philately: Eleuthera – Hatchet Bay
Hatchet Bay was named because of its harbour that is shaped like the head of a hatchet, with the handle being cut out by the sea. During the 1940’s, a channel was cut out to facilitate boats coming into the harbour. The Hatchet Bay Plantation was established in 1936 by…
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