Lum’s was located on Bay Street, Nassau. Lum’s was a food chain that was based on Miami, Florida. The business was originally started in 1956 when Stuart and Clifford Perlman purchased a Miami Beach hot dog stand from Burnett Carvin. At its height, the company owned and franchised 400 stores…
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Bahamas Philately: Curt Teich (6C-H Series)
Details Publisher: Curt Teich, Chicago, USA Distributor: P M Lightbourn, Nassau, N.P., Bahamas Printer: Curteich, Chicago, USA Process: C.T. Art-Colortone Photographer: Ronald G Lightbourn Year: 1956 Series: 6C-H
View More Bahamas Philately: Curt Teich (6C-H Series)Bahamas Philately: Lyford Cay Club
When Canadian industrialist and thoroughbred horse breeder E. (Eddie) P. Taylor visited Nassau in 1945, he was intrigued by the western end of New Providence island, then patchy dirt roads and Mangrove swamps. Trained as an engineer and a successful developer in Toronto, Taylor had a vision and purchased the…
View More Bahamas Philately: Lyford Cay ClubBahamas Philately: The Dolphin Hotel
The Dolphin Hotel, located on West Bay Street and Nassau Street, was opened in July 1957. The fully air-conditioned hotel contained 52 rooms (although by 1958 it was advertised as 67 rooms) which were all beach-facing. There was a cocktail bar and lounge with Calypso entertainment and nightly dining and…
View More Bahamas Philately: The Dolphin HotelBahamas Philately: Grand Bahama – Freeport
Freeport was founded by an American, Wallace Groves, who formed the Grand Bahama Port Authority Ltd to negotiate the Hawksbill Creek Agreement with the Bahamas Government. The Hawksbill Creek Agreement was an agreement signed in 1955 between the government of the Bahamas and Groves to establish a city and free…
View More Bahamas Philately: Grand Bahama – FreeportBahamas Philately: Transcolor Corporation (6800 Series)
Details Publisher: Transcolor Corporation, New York, NY Distributor: Malcuna Shops Inc, N.Y., N.Y. Printer: Koppel Color, Hawthorne, New Jersey, USA Process: Photographer: Year: 1955 Series: 6800
View More Bahamas Philately: Transcolor Corporation (6800 Series)Bahamas Philately: Dexter Press Inc (56500 Series – Type C)
Details Publisher: Distributor: Printer: Dexter Press Inc, West Nyack, N.Y. Process: Genuine Natural Color Photographer: Hans Walter Hannau Year: 1955 Series: 56500 (Type C)
View More Bahamas Philately: Dexter Press Inc (56500 Series – Type C)Bahamas Philately: Grand Bahama
The indigenous Lucayan people’s name for the island was Bahama (‘large upper middle island’). Grand Bahama’s existence for almost two centuries was largely governed by the nature of the treacherous coral reefs surrounding the island, which repelled its Spanish claimants while attracting pirates, who would lure ships onto the reefs…
View More Bahamas Philately: Grand BahamaBahamas Philately: Greek Line – T.S.S. Queen Anna Maria
The T.S.S. Queen Anna Maria was originally built as the RMS Empress of Britain – a transatlantic ocean liner built by Fairfield Shipbuilding at Govan on the Clyde in Scotland in 1955-1956 for the Canadian Pacific Steamships (CP). In November 1964, the former CP Empress was sold to the Greek…
View More Bahamas Philately: Greek Line – T.S.S. Queen Anna MariaBahamas Philately: J Salmon Ltd (Type 1B)
Type 1B has no stamp box in the upper right-hand corner. The font for Correspondence and Address also appears ‘squashed’ compared to Type 1A and 1C. Details Publisher: City Pharmacy Ltd, Nassau, Bahamas Printer: J Salmon Ltd, Sevenoaks Year: 1955 Series: Type 1B
View More Bahamas Philately: J Salmon Ltd (Type 1B)