Category: Bahamas

In the four years prior to 1950, tourism arrivals to The Bahamas numbered about 32,000. In 1950, Sir Stafford Sands, a leading member of the Bahamas Government, revived the Tourism Development Board, giving it a budget of $500,000 which it used for extensive advertising and the opening of five overseas…

View More Bahamas Philately: The 1950’s

Details Designer: John Waddington of Kirkstall Ltd, Leeds, England Printer: Format International Security Printers Ltd Process: Lithography Paper:  Watermark: CA Block Script Perf: 14.5 Cylinders: 2C (Cyan), 2C (Yellow), 2C (Magenta), 2C (Black), 2C (Sepia) Sheet:  Quantity: Cylinders

View More Bahamas Philately: 1985 – 1980 Definitive Series (New Watermark) – 3c Blackbeard the Pirate, 1718

Details Date of Issue: 6 November 1985 Date Withdrawn: Date Invalidated: Designer: John Waddington of Kirkstall Ltd, Leeds, England Printer: Format International Security Printers Ltd Process: Lithography Paper:  Watermark: CA Block Script Perf: 14.5 Cylinders:  Sheet:  Quantity: Subjects 1c – Landfall of Columbus, 1492 3c – Blackbeard the Pirate, 1718 10c – Ceremonial Mace…

View More Bahamas Philately: 1985 – 1980 Definitive Series (New Watermark)

On the evening of 3 August 1492, Italian Christopher Columbus departed from Palos de la Frontera with three ships. The largest was a carrack, the Santa María, and the other two were smaller caravels, the Pinta and the Niña.  Columbus first sailed to the Canary Islands where he restocked provisions…

View More Bahamas Philately: 1985 – 1980 Definitive Series (New Watermark) – 1c Landfall of Columbus, 1492

Details Publisher: The Nassau Shop, Nassau, Bahamas Distributor: Printer: Koppel Color, Hawthorne, New Jersey, USA Process: Photographer: Year: 1958 Series: 28100

View More Bahamas Philately: The Nassau Shop (28100 Series)

Details Designer: John Waddington of Kirkstall Ltd, Leeds, England Printer: Format International Security Printers Ltd Process: Lithography Paper:  Watermark: Crown CA (Diagonal) Perf: 14.5 (comb) Cylinders: Printed in four panes separated by gutter between the four panes, and guillotined into two horizontal panes. 1A (Cyan), 1A (Yellow), 1A (Magenta), 1A (Black), 1A (Yellowish-Orange)…

View More Bahamas Philately: 1983 – 1980 Definitive Series (New Values) – 31c on 21c Bootlegging, 1910-1929

Details Date of Issue: 5 April 1983 Date Withdrawn: Date Invalidated: Designer: John Waddington of Kirkstall Ltd, Leeds, England Printer: Format International Security Printers Ltd Process: Lithography Paper:  Watermark: Crown CA (Diagonal) Perf: 14.5 (comb) Cylinders: Printed in four panes separated by gutter between the four panes, and guillotined into two horizontal panes. 1A…

View More Bahamas Philately: 1983 – 1980 Definitive Series (New Values)

Details Publisher: Bell Pepper Company, Miami, Florida, U.S.A. Distributor: Printer: Colourpicture, Boston, Mass. Process: Photographer: Colour Photos by Alex von Gleich Year: 1983 Series: A97300

View More Bahamas Philately: Bell Pepper Company (A97300 Series)

Details Date of Issue: 16 October 1982 Date Withdrawn:  Date Invalidated: Designer: Walsall Security Printers Studio Printer: Walsall Security Printers Ltd Process: Lithography Paper:  Watermark: Multiple Crown CA Diagonal Perf: 14 x 13.5 (comb) Cylinders:  Sheet:  Quantity: Subjects 5c – House of Assembly Plaque 25c – Association Coat of Arms 40c – Coat…

View More Bahamas Philately: 1982 28th Commonwealth Parliamentary Conference

Details Date of Issue: 18 August 1982 Date Withdrawn: Date Invalidated: Designer: Walsall Security Printers Studio Printer: The House of Questa Process: Lithography Paper: Slaters processed Watermark: Multiple Crown CA Diagonal (sideways) Perf: 14 (comb) Cylinders: Printed in two panes separated by horizontal gutter. 1A : 1B [upper left : upper right] 1C : 1D…

View More Bahamas Philately: 1982 Bahamas Wildlife (Mammals)