Downtown Freeport began as a supermarket and a few single-storey commercial buildings. After the creation of planning department, a downtown square with a parade ground was created. It was landscaped with an avenue of trees that lead to a large bronze head portrait of Sir Winston Churchill. The bronze…
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Bahamas Philately: Max Basker & Sons (P64900 Series)
Details Publisher: Distributor: Max Basker & Sons Printer: Colorpicture Publishers Inc, Boston, Mass., USA Process: Plastichrome Photographer: Year: 1965 Series: P64900
View More Bahamas Philately: Max Basker & Sons (P64900 Series)Bahamas Philately: Wasile Enterprises Ltd (NAS.50-99 Series)
Details Publisher: Wasile Enterprises Ltd, Nassau, Bahamas Distributor: Printer: Process: Designer: Elysee Wasile Year: 1965 Series: NAS.50-99
View More Bahamas Philately: Wasile Enterprises Ltd (NAS.50-99 Series)Bahamas Philately: John F Kennedy Memorial
The John F Kennedy Memorial in Nassau was a project of the local Rotary club. Over 1700 Bahamians donated £406 to a club fund raising project of which £300 went to furnish a hospital room in the late President’s name, and the remaining amount to the memorial. Bahamian Premier Sir…
View More Bahamas Philately: John F Kennedy MemorialBahamas Philately: King’s Inn Hotel
The King’s Inn Hotel (also referred to as Bahamia King’s Inn Hotel) opened 29 January 1965 in Freeport, Grand Bahama, at a cost of $3,000,000. The hotel was part of the first phase of a $100 million living, shopping and leisure community constructed by Daniel K. Ludwig called Bahamia. The hotel…
View More Bahamas Philately: King’s Inn HotelBahamas Philately: Calypso Distributors Ltd (P33900 Series – Type A)
Details Publisher: Calypso Distributors Ltd, P.O. Box 5668 M.S., Nassau, Bahamas Distributor: Printer: Colourpicture Publishers Inc., Boston Mass. U.S.A. Process: Plastichrome Photographer: Colour by Ronald Lightbourn Year: 1965 Series: P33900 (Type A)
View More Bahamas Philately: Calypso Distributors Ltd (P33900 Series – Type A)Bahamas Philately: 1965 Definitive Series – ½d Coat of Arms
The Coat of Arms displayed was granted in 1728. It consists of a crown on a red background, surmounting a naval scene alluding to the extirpation of piracy by Governor Roger Woodes in 1718. The motto is Expulsis Piratis Restitua Comercia (When the pirates were expelled, trade flourished). This stamp…
View More Bahamas Philately: 1965 Definitive Series – ½d Coat of ArmsBahamas Philately: 1965 Definitive Series – 2/6 Sea plane/Jet Liner
The earliest records of air transportation is mentioned in colonial records with a proposal by a Major H. H. Kitchener for an air service between Nassau and Miami in 1921. In 1928 Pan American Airways began flying mail and passengers from Florida to the Bahamas and Caribbean. Until 1936, only…
View More Bahamas Philately: 1965 Definitive Series – 2/6 Sea plane/Jet LinerBahamas Philately: 1965 Definitive Series – 8d Yachting
Yachting is the use of recreational boats and ships called yachts for racing or cruising. Yachts are distinguished from working ships mainly by their leisure purpose. “Yacht” derives from the Dutch word jacht (“hunt”). During the 1960’s a number of yacht clubs, havens and marinas were constructed to support the…
View More Bahamas Philately: 1965 Definitive Series – 8d YachtingBahamas Philately: 1965 Definitive Series
Details Date of Issue: 7 January 1965 Reprints: 14 September 1965 (2d, 1s) Date Withdrawn: 24 May 1966 Date Invalidated: Designer: Portrait by Anthony Buckley Printer: Bradbury Wilkinson & Co Ltd, New Malden, Surrey, England Process: Lithography & Recess (portrait & BAHAMAS) Paper: Watermark: Multiple St Edward’s Crown Block CA…
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