Category: Bahamas

Details Publisher: Calypso Distributors Ltd, P.O. Box 5668 M.S., Nassau, Bahamas Distributor: Printer: Colourpicture Publishers Inc., Boston Mass. U.S.A. Process: Plastichrome Photographer: Colour by Ronald Lightbourn Year: 1965 Series: P33900 (Type A)

View More Bahamas Philately: Calypso Distributors Ltd (P33900 Series – Type A)

The Coat of Arms displayed was granted in 1728. It consists of a crown on a red background, surmounting a naval scene alluding to the extirpation of piracy by Governor Roger Woodes in 1718. The motto is Expulsis Piratis Restitua Comercia (When the pirates were expelled, trade flourished). This stamp…

View More Bahamas Philately: 1965 Definitive Series – ½d Coat of Arms

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: 1965 Definitive Series – 2/6 Sea plane/Jet Liner

Yachting is the use of recreational boats and ships called yachts for racing or cruising. Yachts are distinguished from working ships mainly by their leisure purpose. “Yacht” derives from the Dutch word jacht (“hunt”). During the 1960’s a number of yacht clubs, havens and marinas were constructed to support the…

View More Bahamas Philately: 1965 Definitive Series – 8d Yachting

Details Date of Issue: 7 January 1965 Reprints: 14 September 1965 (2d, 1s) Date Withdrawn: 24 May 1966 Date Invalidated: Designer: Portrait by Anthony Buckley Printer: Bradbury Wilkinson & Co Ltd, New Malden, Surrey, England Process: Lithography & Recess (portrait & BAHAMAS) Paper:  Watermark: Multiple St Edward’s Crown Block CA…

View More Bahamas Philately: 1965 Definitive Series

Details Subject: Sea Garden Designer: Portrait by Anthony Buckley Printer: Bradbury Wilkinson & Co Ltd, New Malden, Surrey, England Process: Lithography & Recess (portrait & BAHAMAS) Paper:  Watermark: Multiple St Edward’s Crown Block CA Perf: 13.5 (comb) Plates: Printed in sheets of 120, separated by gutter. Guillotined through vertical gutter into two sheets. 1 (Red),…

View More Bahamas Philately: 1965 Definitive Series – 1/- Sea Garden

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: 1965 Definitive Series – 6d Development

Details Subject: Flamingo Designer: Portrait by Anthony Buckley Printer: Bradbury Wilkinson & Co Ltd, New Malden, Surrey, England Process: Lithography & Recess (portrait & BAHAMAS) Paper:  Watermark: Multiple St Edward’s Crown Block CA Perf: 13.5 (comb) Plates: Printed in sheets of 120, separated by gutter. Guillotined through vertical gutter into two sheets. 2 (Purple) 1…

View More Bahamas Philately: 1965 Definitive Series – 3d Flamingo

On 27 April, 1925, the Bahamas Colony formally opened its first fully government-sponsored secondary school, the Government High School at Nassau Court. Prior to 1925, only privately organized institutions offered access to secondary education. The school fee requirements essentially limited enrolment to students drawn from middle and upper socioeconomic classes.…

View More Bahamas Philately: 1965 Definitive Series – 2d High School

On the 13 October 1964 Hannau Color Productions Inc (Miami) and Hannau Color Productions Inc of New York changed it’s name to Hannau-Robinson Color Productions Inc. The head office was located in New York with branches in Miami Beach, Orlando, Houston, Dayton, Chicago, Denver and San Francisco. On 27 May 1969,…

View More Bahamas Philately: Hannau-Robinson Color Productions Inc