A stamp sales office was opened in the the Bernard Sunley Building on 23 April 1965. In 1966, the Office of the Postmaster General (Claude Sanders) was moved to the building. Coil Machine A coil machine was ordered in 1964 from Associated Automation Ltd for installation at the office but was…
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Bahamas Philately: Post Office – Sands Road
Sands Road was a sub-Post Office of Nassau that opened c.1964-65. The office handled bulk mail, dutiable letter-packets, and stamp sales. There was no distinctive date stamp using the Sands Road name. A 30mm Nassau circular date stamp (C.D.S) was used. In 1966, a new building was opened on Sands…
View More Bahamas Philately: Post Office – Sands RoadZambia Philately: 1964 Independence First Definitive Issue – £1 Makishi Dancer
Details Subject: Makishi Dancer Designer: Gabriel Ellison Printer: Harrison & Sons Ltd. Process: Photogravure Paper: Watermark: None Perf: 14.5 x 13.5 Cylinders: 1A (Red), 1A (Black), 1A (Yellow), 1A (Brown) Sheet: R10 x 6 Quantity: Reprintings: 24 February 1967 Cylinder Number
View More Zambia Philately: 1964 Independence First Definitive Issue – £1 Makishi DancerZambia Philately: 1964 Independence First Definitive Issue – 9d Zambezi Redwood
Baikiaea plurijuga, known as Zambesi redwood, is a species of Afrotropical tree from the legume family, the Fabaceae from southern Africa. The wood of Baikiaea plurijuga forms a dense hardwood which makes it a difficult wood to work, but it is valued for its termite resistance and resistance to rot,…
View More Zambia Philately: 1964 Independence First Definitive Issue – 9d Zambezi RedwoodBahamas Philately: Natural Color Publishers Inc (72500 Series)
Details Publisher: Natural Color Publishers Inc., 605 Lincoln Rd, Miami Beach, Florida Distributor: Printer: Koppel Color, Hawthorne, New Jersey, USA Process: Photographer: Hannau Color Productions Inc. (Litho in USA) Year: 1964 Series: 72500
View More Bahamas Philately: Natural Color Publishers Inc (72500 Series)Bahamas Philately: Acklins Island – Binnacle Hill (Post Office)
Binnacle Hill post office opened on 1 November 1963. The office used a Temporary Rubber Date (TRD) stamp briefly until December 1963 when a 30mm steel-die date stamp arrived. The TRD was collected by the Commissioner and returned the Nassau General Post Office (G.P.O.). References British Caribbean Philatelic Journal Vol…
View More Bahamas Philately: Acklins Island – Binnacle Hill (Post Office)x
Details Publisher: Hannau Color Productions, Miami Beach, Fla. Printer: Koppel Color, Hawthorne, New Jersey, USA Year: Series: 52600 Series
View More xBahamas Philately: Dexter (46600-B Series)
Details Publisher: Ridgefield Photo Shop, Ridgefield, Conn. Distributor: Printer: Dexter Press, West Nyack, New York Process: Photographer: Year: 1962 Series: 46600-B Series
View More Bahamas Philately: Dexter (46600-B Series)Bahamas Philately: Barlyn Guest House
Barlyn Guest House was located at Gray’s Settlement, Long Island, Bahamas. It was built by Norris Wells and contained eight guest rooms and a central club room and was the first facility for visitors at the settlement. References Bahamas Handbook and Businessman’s Annual Volumes 3-4 (1962)
View More Bahamas Philately: Barlyn Guest HouseBahamas Philately: The Windsor Inne
In late 1959, two young Americans, Robert ‘Bob’ Twist and Stan Raney, from Mississippi, USA, purchased the Windsor Hotel. They briefly changed the name to Windsor Inn before refurbishing the hotel and re-branding it as The Windsor Inne in 1960. Their intent was to create an atmosphere with the…
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