Category: Bahamas

Details Designer: Wallsall Security Printers Ltd Printer: Wallsall Security Printers Ltd Process: Lithography Paper:  Watermark: 14 (sideways) Perf: 14 (comb) Cylinders:  Sheet:  Quantity:

View More 1976 200th Anniversary of American Independence – 16c Map of North America

John Murray, 4th Earl of Dunmore PC (1730 – 25 February 1809), known as Lord Dunmore, was a Scottish nobleman and colonial governor in the American colonies and The Bahamas. He was the last colonial governor of Virginia. Lord Dunmore was named governor of the Province of New York in…

View More Bahamas Philately: 1976 200th Anniversary of American Independence – $1 John Murray, 4th Earl of Dunmore

The American Revolution was an ideological and political revolution that occurred in British America between 1765 and 1791. The Americans in the Thirteen Colonies formed independent states that defeated the British in the American Revolutionary War (1775–1783), gaining independence from the British Crown, establishing the constitution that created the United…

View More Bahamas Philately: 1976 200th Anniversary of American Independence

Details Date of Issue: 2 May 1976 (50c, $1, $2) Date Withdrawn: Date Invalidated: Designer: Elyse Wasile Printer: Format International Security Printers Ltd Process: Lithography Paper: Ordinary Watermark: Multiple Crown CA (Diagonal) Upright (50c) Sideways ($1, $2) Perf: Comb 14.5 x 14 (50c) 14 x 14.5 ($1, $2) Cylinders:  Sheet:  Quantity: Subjects 50c Post Office…

View More Bahamas Philately: 1976 Definitive Series (5th Reprint – New Watermark)

Details Publisher: Distributor: Printer: Regensteiner Publishing Enterprises, Chicago Process: Curteichcolor 3D Natural Color Reproduction Photographer: Year: 1976 Series: 6ED Series (Type A)

View More Bahamas Philately: Regensteiner Publishing Enterprises (6ED Series – Type A)

Weather radar, also called weather surveillance radar (WSR) and Doppler weather radar, is a type of radar used to locate precipitation, calculate its motion, and estimate its type (rain, snow, hail etc.). During World War II, radar operators discovered that weather was causing echoes on their screen, masking potential enemy…

View More Bahamas Philately: 1973 IMO-WMO Centenary – 18c Weather Radar

Details Series: 1976 – 1971 Definitive Series (4th Reprint) Subject: Breadfruit Designer: Elyse Wasile Printer: Format International Security Printers Ltd Process: Lithography Paper:  Watermark: Multiple Crown CA (Diagonal) Perf: 14.5 x 14 (comb) Cylinders: 1B (Red), 1B (Dark Brown), 1B (Greyish-Green), 1B (Browinsh-Yellow), 1B (Black) Sheet: R10 x 10 (100 stamps) Quantity: Cylinders Sheet…

View More Bahamas Philately: 1976 – 1971 Definitive Series (4th Reprint) – 2c Breadfruit

Details Subject: Sponge Boat Designer: Elyse Wasile Printer: Format International Security Printers Ltd Process: Lithography Paper:  Watermark: Multiple Crown CA (Diagonal) Perf: 14.5 x 14 (comb) Cylinders: 1B (Red), 1B (Blue), 1B (Yellow), 1B (Black) Sheet: R10 x 10 (100 stamps) Quantity: Cylinder Numbers

View More Bahamas Philately: 1976 – 1971 Definitive Series (4th Reprint) – 10c Bahamian Sponge Boat

In 1976, the 1971 Definitive Series reprints changed watermark from Block C.A. to Diagonal C.A. Details Date of Issue: 4th Reprint – 30 March 1976 (2c, 8c, 10c, 50c, $1) 5th Reprint – 2 May 1976 ($2) 6th Reprint – 1 November 1976 (1c, 3c, 5c, $3) Date Withdrawn: Date Invalidated: Designer: Elyse…

View More Bahamas Philately: 1976 Definitive Series (Reprint – New Watermark)

Details Date of Issue: 30 March 1976 Date Withdrawn: 8 July 1980 Date Invalidated: Designer: Elyse Wasile Printer: Format International Security Printers Ltd Process: Lithography Paper:  Watermark: Multiple Crown CA Diagonal Perf: 14.5 x 14 (comb) Cylinders:  1A 1A 1A 2A ($1) 1A 2A 1A 1A 3A (50c) 2A 1A 2A 1A 1A (8c)…

View More Bahamas Philately: 1976 Definitive Series (4th Reprint – New Watermark)