Category: Bahamas

Bahamas Goombay Summer, a 13-week festival in Nassau and Freeport was introduced in 1971 and had a 20 year run. It included folklore shows, art exhibitions, local entertainment, Junkanoo, fashion shows and other festive events. The event emerged as a partnership between the Bahamas Hotel Association and Ministry of Tourism.…

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Details Publisher: Distributor: Calypso Distributors Ltd, P.O. Box 6220, M.S., Nassau, Bahamas Printer: Colourpicture, Boston, Mass. 02130 Process: Plastichrome Photographer: Year: 1971 Series: P301600 Series (Type CA1)

View More Bahamas Philately: Calypso Distributors Ltd (P301600 Series – Type CA1)

Details Publisher:  Distributor: Printer: Dexter Press Inc, West Nyack, New York Process: Photographer:  Year: 1971 Series: 74800 (Type B) Dexter Sovereign For Sun & Fun Visit The Bahamas

View More Bahamas Philately: Dexter Press Inc (DT-74800-C Series – Type B)

In January 1975, Will Robins purchased controlling interest in International Graphics Inc when the company was divested. Postcards 2200 Series 3500 Series 3900B Series 30700 Series 31000 Series 31600 Series D2200 Series (Type A) D2200 Series (Type B) D2200 Series (Type C) R29500 Series References Editor and Publisher 1978-06-17: Vol 111…

View More Bahamas Philately: International Graphics

Details Publisher:  Distributor: Printer: Dexter Press, West Nyack, New York Process:  Photographer: Larry Witt Year: 1970/71 Series: 39300-C – Type B

View More Bahamas Philately: Dexter Press Inc (39300-C – Type B)

Details Designer: Gordon Drummond Printer: Thomas De La Rue & Co Ltd Process: Lithography Paper:  Watermark: Block CA Perf: 13 (comb) Cylinders: N/A Sheet: Printed in sheets of at least two, and guillotined for individual sale. Quantity: Sheet Numbers

View More Bahamas Philately: 1970 Christmas – 41c Miniature Sheet

The 15c depicts the Adoration of the Shepherds by the School of Seville. It is still not certain who painted it but it was most likely a prominent Spanish artist as several copies survive in Spain. In the painting, the Virgin Mary gently lifts her new-born son while Saint Joseph,…

View More Bahamas Philately: 1970 Christmas – 15c The Adoration of the Shepherds (Detail) – Sch. of Seville

The Adoration of the Shepherds, sometimes still known as the Allendale Nativity, after a former owner, is a painting by the Italian Renaissance painter Giorgione, completed in about 1505 to 1510. The attribution is now usual, although not universal; the usual other view is that it is an early Titian.…

View More Bahamas Philately: 1970 Christmas – 12c Adorazione Dei Pastori – By Giorgione (Detail)

The 11c depicts The Holy Family with the Infant Saint John by Anton Raphael Mengs (1728–1779). Details Series: 1970 Christmas Subject: The Holy Family – By Anton Raphael Mengs (Detail) Designer: Gordon Drummond Printer: Thomas De La Rue & Co Ltd Process: Lithography Paper:  Watermark: Multiple St Edwards Crown Block CA Perf: 13 (comb)…

View More Bahamas Philately: 1970 Christmas – 11c The Holy Family – By Anton Raphael Mengs (Detail)

The 3c stamp is based on an altarpiece by Giovanni Battista Pittoni, depicting both the Nativity (the birth of Christ and his adoration) and the Trinity (God the Father, Christ and the Holy Spirit). It was painted around 1740 and it is unknown for which church it was commissioned. Details…

View More Bahamas Philately: 1970 Christmas – 3c The Nativity (Detail) By Pittoni