Category: Bahamas

One year after Independence celebrations, Prime Minister Lynden Pindling and the PLP government were facing critical level economic challenges. The economy had begun to stall, hotel unions were threatening strikes, and there were problems with the dollar. For tourism, there was wariness with the newly independent Bahamas and it faced…

View More Bahamas Philately: The 1970’s

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Details Date of Issue: 6 November 1985 Date Withdrawn: Date Invalidated: Designer: John Waddington of Kirkstall Ltd, Leeds, England Printer: Format International Security Printers Ltd Process: Lithography Paper: 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: Distributor: Bell Paper Co., Miami, Florida Printer: Colourpicture, Boston, Mass. 02130 Process: Plastichrome Photographer: Year: 1983 Series: A97300

View More Bahamas Philately: Bell Paper 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