In 1953, 3.05% of the entire Bahamian population was employed in fisheries. Caribbean spiny lobster, queen conch and grouper were popular catches. Like most islands of The Bahamas, people survived by fishing, farming and boat building. Mass tourism to the Bahamas in the 1950s saw an increase in demand for…
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Bahamas Philately: 1954 Definitive Series – 2d Native Straw Market
Details Subject: Straw Market Designer: Printer: Bradbury Wilkinson & Co Ltd, New Malden, Surrey, England Process: Recess Paper: Watermark: Multiple Script CA Perf: 11 x 11.5 (comb) Plates: 1 (Myrtle-Green), 1 (Yellow-Brown) : 1a (Myrtle-Green), 1a (Yellow-Brown) [Left pane : Right pane] Sheet: Printed in two panes of 120, separated by…
View More Bahamas Philately: 1954 Definitive Series – 2d Native Straw MarketBahamas Philately: J Salmon Ltd (Type 1C)
Type 1C has a stamp box in the upper right-hand corner and card number in the bottom left-hand corner. Details Publisher: City Pharmacy Ltd, Nassau, Bahamas Printer: J Salmon Ltd, Sevenoaks Year: 1954 Series: Type 1C
View More Bahamas Philately: J Salmon Ltd (Type 1C)Bahamas Philately: Emerald Beach Hotel
The Emerald Beach Hotel on Cable Beach was opened in 1954 at a cost of $3.5m. The property was owned by Leo F Corrigan with the General Manager, Frank A McNellis (1954-1956). It was the first fully air-conditioned hotel in Nassau. With 300 rooms and New Providence’s first convention centre,…
View More Bahamas Philately: Emerald Beach HotelBahamas Philately: 1954 Definitive Series
Details Date of Issue: 1 January 1954 Reprints: 14 April 1955 (½d, 1d, 1½d, 2d, 3d, 4d, 6d, 10d, 1s) 19 October 1955 (1½d, 2s, 2/6d, 5s, £1) 30 May 1956 (½d) 21 November 1956 (1d, 1½d, 3d, 4d, 6d, 8d, 10d, 1s) 11 September 1957 (½d) 19 February 1958…
View More Bahamas Philately: 1954 Definitive SeriesBahamas Philately: J Salmon Ltd
J Salmon Ltd, founded in 1880, was a UK-based printing and publishing firm, and was the oldest established postcard and calendar publisher in Britain. Joseph Salmon was a bookseller in London that bought a stationer’s store in 1880 aiming to establish a general printing business in Kent. He held the…
View More Bahamas Philately: J Salmon LtdBahamas Philately: Koppel Colour
Koppel Printing Co and Koppel Photo Engraving Co were both located in 225W 39th Street, New York. The Koppel Printing Co was responsible for the printing of postcards. In the late 1950’s, the company promoted their colour offset process. By the mid-1960’s Koppel was one of the largest postcard publishers…
View More Bahamas Philately: Koppel ColourBahamas Philately: 1954 Definitive Series – 10d Modern Hotels
Details Series: 1954 Definitive Series Subject: Modern Hotels Designer: Printer: Bradbury Wilkinson & Co Ltd, New Malden, Surrey, England Process: Recess Paper: Watermark: Multiple Script CA Perf: 11 x 11.5 (comb) Plates: 1 (Ultramarine), 1 (Black) : 1a (Ultramarine), 1a (Black) [Left pane : Right pane] Sheet: Printed in two panes…
View More Bahamas Philately: 1954 Definitive Series – 10d Modern HotelsBahamas Philately: 1954 Definitive Series – 2/- Native Product – Sisal
Details Subject: Native Product – Sisal Designer: Printer: Bradbury Wilkinson & Co Ltd, New Malden, Surrey, England Process: Recess Paper: Watermark: Multiple Script CA Perf: 11 x 11.5 (comb) Plates: 1 (Black), 1 (Orange-Brown) : 1a (Black), 1a (Orange-Brown) [Left pane : Right pane] Sheet: Printed in two panes of 120,…
View More Bahamas Philately: 1954 Definitive Series – 2/- Native Product – SisalBahamas Philately: Eastern Steamship Corporation
During the 1950s, Frank L. Fraser brought in William R Lovett of Jacksonville as a partner in the Eastern Shipping Corporation. Lovett owned the Winn-Dixie supermarket chain, and to whom Fraser had been shipping bananas for many years. Lovett had shipping interests of his own and in May 1961, Fraser…
View More Bahamas Philately: Eastern Steamship Corporation