Category: Bahamas

Details Series: 1959 Bahamas Postal Centenary (1859-1959) Subject: Queen Elizabeth II Designer:  Printer: Waterlow & Sons Ltd, London Process: Recess Paper:  Watermark: Multiple St Edward’s Crown Block CA Perf: 13.5 (comb) Plates: 1 (Chocolate) 1 (Black) Sheet: R5 x 12 (60 stamps) Quantity: 368,400 (sold) Plate Numbers Sheet Numbers

View More Bahamas Philately: 1959 Bahamas Postal Centenary (1859-1959) – 10d Queen Elizabeth II

Details Series: 1959 Bahamas Postal Centenary (1859-1959) Subject: Queen Elizabeth II Designer:  Printer: Waterlow & Sons Ltd, London Process: Recess Paper:  Watermark: Multiple St Edward’s Crown Block CA Perf: 13.5 (comb) Plates: 1 (Blue) 1 (Black) Sheet: Printed in sheets of two panes of 60 stamps (R5 x 12) separated by horizontal…

View More Bahamas Philately: 1959 Bahamas Postal Centenary (1859-1959) – 6d Queen Elizabeth II

Details Series: 1959 Bahamas Postal Centenary (1859-1959) Subject: Queen Elizabeth II Designer:  Printer: Waterlow & Sons Ltd, London Process: Recess Paper:  Watermark: Multiple St Edward’s Crown Block CA Perf: 13.5 (comb) Plates: 1 (Blue-Green) 1 (Black) Sheet: Printed in sheets of two panes of 60 stamps (R5 x 12) separated by horizontal…

View More Bahamas Philately: 1959 Bahamas Postal Centenary (1859-1959) – 2d Queen Elizabeth II

Details Series: 1959 Bahamas Postal Centenary (1859-1959) Subject: Queen Elizabeth II Designer: H Moreton Black Printer: Waterlow & Sons Ltd, London Process: Recess Paper:  Watermark: Multiple St Edward’s Crown Block CA Perf: 13.5 (comb) Plates: 1 (Scarlet) 1 (Black) Sheet: Printed in sheets of two panes of 60 stamps (R5 x 12)…

View More Bahamas Philately: 1959 Bahamas Postal Centenary (1859-1959) – 1d Queen Elizabeth II

Details Publisher: Hannau Color Productions, 475 5th Avenue, New York 17, N.Y. Distributor: United Posts Printer: Koppel Color, Hawthorne, New Jersey, USA (United Posts) Process: Photographer: Year: 1959 Series: 28400

View More Bahamas Philately: Hannau Color Productions (28400 Series)

Details Publisher: Nassau Advertising Agency Distributor: Printer: Transcolor Corp., 527 Lexington Ave., New York 17, N.Y., U.S.A. Process: Koppel Color, Hawthorne, New Jersey, USA Photographer: Hedley V Edwards Year: 1958 Series:  31800/T-300 (Type C)

View More Bahamas Philately: Transcolor Corporation (31800 Series – Type C)

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. She was renamed Bahama Star and placed in service sailing every Monday and Friday…

View More Bahamas Philately: Eastern Steamship Corporation – S/S Bahama Star

Freeport Post Office (P.O.) was opened 5 January 1959 as a Sub Post Office under West End. Mail service between the district and Nassau was performed by the mail vessel M.V. Church Bay. Airmail was operated daily by Bahamas Airways Ltd and Mackey Air Lines between Nassau, Miami and the…

View More Bahamas Philately: Post Office – Freeport

In 1958 the Royal Victoria Hotel was put up for sale and was purchased hotel by Treadway Inns International Ltd in 1959. The hotel was closed for a million dollar restoration and re-opened in December of that year. Upgrades included the new Queen’s Court accommodation, a new nightclub, the Treadmill…

View More Bahamas Philately: The Royal Victoria Hotel (Treadway Inn)

Details Publisher: Hannau Color Productions, 475 5th Avenue, New York 17, N.Y. Distributor:  Printer: Process: Koppel Color, Hawthorne, New Jersey, USA Photographer:  Year: 1959 Series: 47100 Series (Type A)

View More Bahamas Philately: Hannau Color Productions (47100 Series – Type A)