Details Publisher: B. Amadeus Rubel, Box 721, N.Miami, Fla. Distributor: Printer: Koppel Color, Hawthorne, New Jersey, USA Process: Photographer: Year: 1965 Series: S-56900
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British Overseas Airway Corporation: 1965 First Flight – Vickers Super VC10
On 1 April 1965 the British Overseas Airway Corporation (BOAC) operated the first Vickers Super VC10 service between London and New York. On 30th April, the Super VC-10 began flying the New York to Nassau and Nassau-Jamaica routes three times weekly. First Flight Covers 92 covers were postmarked at Nassau…
View More British Overseas Airway Corporation: 1965 First Flight – Vickers Super VC10Bahamas Philately: Holiday Inn (Freeport)
The Holiday Inn in Freeport was opened in the winter of 1965. Originally planned for 500 rooms, it opened with 614 and was the largest hotel in the Holiday Inn hotel chain with 14,000ft of beach for its guests. Landscaping of the grounds included the planting 1,100 trees and shrubs…
View More Bahamas Philately: Holiday Inn (Freeport)Bahamas Philately: Calypso Distributors Ltd (P64400 Series – Type AA)
Details Publisher: Calypso Distributors Ltd, P.O. Box 5668 M.S., Nassau, Bahamas Distributor: Printer: Colourpicture Publishers Inc., Boston 30 Mass. U.S.A. Process: Plastichrome Photographer: Year: 1966 Series: P64400 Series (Type AA)
View More Bahamas Philately: Calypso Distributors Ltd (P64400 Series – Type AA)Bahamas Philately: Oceanus Hotel
The Oceanus Hotel, Freeport, was opened in December 1965. It was originally named the Oceanus Inn but the name was changed just before it opened. The hotel hosted 168 rooms divided into 10 three-bedroom suites, 30 two-bedroom suites and 60 one-bedroom units. The hotel’s dining rooms, including the Coral Terrace…
View More Bahamas Philately: Oceanus HotelBahamas Philately: Freeport – Churchill Square
Downtown Freeport began as a supermarket and a few single-storey commercial buildings. After the creation of planning department, a downtown square with a parade ground was created. It was landscaped with an avenue of trees that lead to a large bronze head portrait of Sir Winston Churchill. The bronze…
View More Bahamas Philately: Freeport – Churchill SquareBahamas Philately: Max Basker & Sons (P64900 Series)
Details Publisher: Distributor: Max Basker & Sons Printer: Colorpicture Publishers Inc, Boston, Mass., USA Process: Plastichrome Photographer: Year: 1965 Series: P64900
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Details Publisher: Wasile Enterprises Ltd, Nassau, Bahamas Distributor: Printer: Process: Designer: Elysee Wasile Year: 1965 Series: NAS.50-99
View More Bahamas Philately: Wasile Enterprises Ltd (NAS.50-99 Series)Bahamas Philately: John F Kennedy Memorial
The John F Kennedy Memorial in Nassau was a project of the local Rotary club. Over 1700 Bahamians donated £406 to a club fund raising project of which £300 went to furnish a hospital room in the late President’s name, and the remaining amount to the memorial. Bahamian Premier Sir…
View More Bahamas Philately: John F Kennedy MemorialBahamas Philately: King’s Inn Hotel
The King’s Inn Hotel (also referred to as Bahamia King’s Inn Hotel) opened 29 January 1965 in Freeport, Grand Bahama, at a cost of $3,000,000. The hotel was part of the first phase of a $100 million living, shopping and leisure community constructed by Daniel K. Ludwig called Bahamia. The hotel…
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