Bahamas Philately: Eastern Shipping Corporation – S/S Bahama Star

  On 10 April 1959,  Arosa Line Inc., Panama (Compañía Internacional Transportadora) was declared bankrupt. Their ship, Arosa Star, was sold at public auction for approximately $510,000 by the Eastern Steamship Lines through the McCormick Shipping Corporation, Panama, to Eastern Shipping Corporation. In May 1961, owner Frank L. Fraser of Eastern Shipping Corporation…

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Bahamas Philately: B.O.A.C. – 1961 First Flight Between London and Lima

On 15 March 1961, the British Overseas Airways Corporation (BOAC) filed an application with the Civil Aeronautics Board for an amendment to its foreign air carrier permit to extend its route from the Bahamas to a number of new destinations in Central and South America The application was granted on…

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