The Flamingo Lodge was an attractive, comfortable hotel with four rooms located on Inagua. It was the only public lodging house on the island.
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Bahamas Philately: 1967 Diamond Jubilee of World Scouting 1907-1967
In 1960, there was half a million Scouts in the United Kingdom and over ten million throughout more than 100 countries. These figures established Scouting as the largest youth movement in the free world. Scouting grew from a experimental camp held by Robert Baden-Powell for just 20 boys at Brownsea…
View More Bahamas Philately: 1967 Diamond Jubilee of World Scouting 1907-1967Bahamas Philately: Letter Service (37800 Series)
Details Publisher: Letter Service, Hillsdale, N.J. Distributor: Printer: Process: Photographer: G. D. Graves Jnr. (Kodachrome) Year: 1967 Series: 37800
View More Bahamas Philately: Letter Service (37800 Series)Bahamas Philately: Dukane Press Inc (#1600 Series)
Details Publisher: Distributor: Printer: The Dukane Press Inc., Hollywood, Florida, 33020 Process: Photographer: Year: 1967 Series: #1600
View More Bahamas Philately: Dukane Press Inc (#1600 Series)Bahamas Philately: Deutsche Altantik Line – T.S. Hanseatic
The T.S. Hanseatic was originally named the S.S. Shalom – a combined ocean liner/cruise ship built in 1964 by Chantiers de l’Atlantique, St Nazaire, France, for ZIM Lines, Israel, for transatlantic service from Haifa to New York. On 9 November 1967, the Shalom was sold to the Deutsche Atlantik Line,…
View More Bahamas Philately: Deutsche Altantik Line – T.S. HanseaticBahamas Philately: Tichnor Bros Inc (K-17400 Series)
Details Publisher: Hotels Corporation of America Distributor: Printer: Tichnor Bros Inc., Boston, Mass. Process: Photographer: Year: 1967 Series: K-17400 Reqn: 50M-868-TB
View More Bahamas Philately: Tichnor Bros Inc (K-17400 Series)Bahamas Philately: Tichnor Bros Inc (K-17800 Series)
Details Publisher: Hotels Corporation of America Distributor: Printer: Tichnor Bros Inc., Boston, Mass. Process: Photographer: Year: 1967 Series: K-17800 Reqn: 50-668-TB (K-17802) 50M-668-TB (K-17801)
View More Bahamas Philately: Tichnor Bros Inc (K-17800 Series)Bahamas Philately: 1967 Definitive Series – 50c Jetliner/Seaplane
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: 1967 Definitive Series – 50c Jetliner/SeaplaneBahamas Philately: 1967 Definitive Series – 8c Development
In the 1960’s Bahamas experienced an increase in urban areas due to the increase of 60,000 inhabitants on the island. The country recorded robust economic growth rates that averaged 9 percent annually as direct foreign investment spurred the development of tourism. A wartime airfield became Nassau’s international airport in 1957…
View More Bahamas Philately: 1967 Definitive Series – 8c DevelopmentBahamas Philately: 1967 Definitive Series – 12c Public Square
PUBLIC SQUARE. A view of Rawson Square in Nassau, the capital of Bahamas. The buildings shown were modelled on a group of public buildings in New Berne, the capital of North Carolina in American Colonial times. In the centre is the Parliament Building, built in 1812, with the G.P.O. on…
View More Bahamas Philately: 1967 Definitive Series – 12c Public Square