Grace Line built replacement passenger combo vessels in 1963/64 after their previous nine ships were sent to the breakers. The new ships were the Santa Maria, Santa Magdelena, Santa Mercedes and Santa Mariana and were referred to as the “M” ships. The Santa Maria was a 20,000 ton liner that offered 19…
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Bahamas Philately: Dexter Press Inc (65500-B Series)
Operation Hope – Bahamas was a volunteer association founded by Walt Sterling to assist with the educational, wealth, health, sports and special projects throughout the Bahamas. Sterling was noted as an “internationally honored teacher of world geography” (A.A.U.N. Speaker and U.S. Maritime Officer). Several sets of postcards were produced to assist…
View More Bahamas Philately: Dexter Press Inc (65500-B Series)Bahamas Philately: Dexter Press Inc (75400-B Series)
Operation Hope – Bahamas was a volunteer association founded by Walt Sterling to assist with the educational, wealth, health, sports and special projects throughout the Bahamas. Sterling was noted as an “internationally honored teacher of world geography” (A.A.U.N. Speaker and U.S. Maritime Officer). Several sets of postcards were produced to…
View More Bahamas Philately: Dexter Press Inc (75400-B Series)Bahamas Philately: 1963 International Red Cross Centenary (1863-1963) – 10d Red Cross
Details Designer: Victor Whiteley Printer: Bradbury Wilkinson & Co Ltd, New Malden, Surrey, England Process: Recess Paper: Watermark: Block CA Perf: 13.5 (comb) Plates: 1 1 : 1a 1a [Left pane : Right pane] Sheet: Printed in two panes of 120, separated by a gutter. Guillotined through gutter into two single panes (R5 x 12). Quantity: …
View More Bahamas Philately: 1963 International Red Cross Centenary (1863-1963) – 10d Red CrossBahamas Philately: 1963 International Red Cross Centenary (1863-1963) – 1d Red Cross
Details Designer: Victor Whiteley Printer: Bradbury Wilkinson & Co Ltd, New Malden, Surrey, England Process: Recess Paper: Watermark: Block CA Perf: 13.5 (comb) Plates: 1 1 : 1a 1a [Left pane : Right pane] Sheet: Printed in two panes of 120, separated by a gutter. Guillotined through gutter into two single panes (R5 x 12). Quantity: …
View More Bahamas Philately: 1963 International Red Cross Centenary (1863-1963) – 1d Red CrossBahamas Philately: 1963 International Red Cross Centenary (1863-1963)
From 26-29 October 1863, an international conference met in Geneva at the invitation of a small committee. It passed a series of resolutions, the first of which determined the creation of a committee, in each country, to combine with the Army Medical Services in the event of war, and the…
View More Bahamas Philately: 1963 International Red Cross Centenary (1863-1963)Bahamas Philately: 1963 Bahamas Talks – 10d
Details Designer: Printer: Bradbury Wilkinson & Co Ltd, New Malden, Surrey, England Process: Recess Paper: Watermark: Multi Script CA Perf: 11 x 11.5 (comb) Plates: 2 (Deep Ultramarine), 1 (Black) : 2a (Deep Ultramarine), 1a (Black) [Left pane : Right pane] Sheet: Printed in two panes of 120, separated by a gutter. Guillotined through…
View More Bahamas Philately: 1963 Bahamas Talks – 10dBahamas Philately: 1963 Bahamas Talks – 8d
Details Designer: Printer: Bradbury Wilkinson & Co Ltd, New Malden, Surrey, England Process: Recess Paper: Watermark: Multi Script CA Perf: 11 x 11.5 (comb) Plates: 1 (Reddish-Lilac), 1 (Black) : 1a (Reddish-Lilac), 1a (Black) [Left pane : Right pane] Sheet: Printed in two panes of 120, separated by a gutter. Guillotined through gutter…
View More Bahamas Philately: 1963 Bahamas Talks – 8dBahamas Philately: Natural Color Publishers Inc (60700 Series)
Details Publisher: Natural Color Publishers Inc, Miami Beach, Florida Distributor: Printer: Koppel Color, Hawthorne, New Jersey, USA Process: Photographer: Year: 1963 Series: 60700
View More Bahamas Philately: Natural Color Publishers Inc (60700 Series)Bahamas Philately: Caravel Club
The Caravel Club was an eight-unit guest house located in Lucaya, Freeport on Grand Bahama island which opened in 1962. The Port Authority commissioned Alfred Browing Parker to design the eight guest rooms. It was later expanded to 25 rooms, which had a small restaurant attached. Postcards 1963 – Natural…
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