Category: Bahamas

Gleneagles Guest House was established in 1954 and was located opposite Fort Montagu Beach Hotel, a block away from Fort Montagu Beach, Nassau. Although listed as a residential club, it was considered more a guest house dormitory. The house was noted for being surrounded by orchard full of fruit trees…

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Details Publisher: Hannau-Robinson Inc., 50 East 81 Street, N.Y., N.Y. 10028 Distributor:  Printer: Koppel Color, Hawthorne, New Jersey, USA Process: Photographer: Year: 1971 Series: 116800

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Details Publisher: Hannau-Robinson Color Productions Inc., Miami Beach, Florida Printer: Koppel Color, Hawthorne, New Jersey, USA Year: c.1969 Series: 109200

View More Bahamas Philately: Hannau-Robinson Color Productions Inc (109200 Series)

Details Publisher: Hannau-Robinson Color Productions Inc., Miami Beach, Florida Printer: Koppel Color, Hawthorne, New Jersey, USA Year: c.1969 Series: 102200 Series

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

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Details Publisher: Printer: Printed in USA Year: 1954 Series:

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Details Publisher: Ernie’s Studio & Camera Center Ltd, Freeport, Grand Bahamas Distributor: Printer: Dexter Press Inc, West Nyack, New York Process:  Photographer: Larry Witt Year: 1964 Series: Dexter Supreme (DT-80000-B – Type B)

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The real stimulus for tourism in the Bahamas started around the early 1960s. Cuba was one of the few competitive tourism markets in the Caribbean that posed a threat to the Bahamas in the early days. Their tourism sector collapsed in the wake of the Cuban Revolution and the US…

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One year after Independence celebrations, Prime Minister Lynden Pindling and the PLP government were facing critical level economic challenges. The economy had begun to stall, hotel unions were threatening strikes, and there were problems with the dollar. For tourism, there was wariness with the newly independent Bahamas and it faced…

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In the four years prior to 1950, tourism arrivals to The Bahamas numbered about 32,000. In 1950, Sir Stafford Sands, a leading member of the Bahamas Government, revived the Tourism Development Board, giving it a budget of $500,000 which it used for extensive advertising and the opening of five overseas…

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