Details Publisher: Distributor: Printer: Koppel Color, Hawthorne, New Jersey, USA Process: Photographer: Year: 1958 Series: 31700
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Bahamas Philately: Chelsea Pottery Shop
In the late 1950s when more American and European money began flowing through Nassau, there was a market for fine pottery. In 1958, David Rawnsley decided to leave Chelsea in London and set up shop in Nassau. The studios were located at the top of Parliament Street, and the shop…
View More Bahamas Philately: Chelsea Pottery ShopBahamas Philately: Columbus Monument
The Columbus Monument is located at Long Bay, on Landing Beach, and was erected by Columbian historian Ruth C. (Durlacher) Wolper and the people of San Salvador on 25th December 1956. The monument is a simple white cross which commemorates the first land discovered in the West Indies and the…
View More Bahamas Philately: Columbus MonumentBahamas Philately: History of The Bahamas
Events 1962 1962 – Arrival of La Nina II 1965 1965 – Columbus Memorial Festival 1970 1970 – Bahamas National Open 1971 1971 – Commonwealth Finance Ministers Meeting 1971 – Bahamas National Open 1972 1972 – Tourism Year of the Americas 1973 1973 Independence Day Stamp Releases 1980 1980 –…
View More Bahamas Philately: History of The BahamasBahamas Philately: Peninsular and Oriental Steam Navigation Company (P&O)
P&O (formerly the Peninsular and Oriental Steam Navigation Company) was a British shipping and logistics company dating from the early 19th century. P&O merged with the Orient Line in 1960 to form P&O-Orient Lines. The name Orient Line was dropped altogether in 1966. In the 1970s, with the advent of…
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Behring Point Was opened by 1910. Bowen Sound Cargill Creek Deep Creek Deep Creek was opened on 1 January 1956. It replaced Pure Gold. Driggs Hill Driggs Hill was opened on 16 July 1959. Fresh Creek Fresh Creek was opened in 1896. Kemps Bay Kemps Bay was a District Post…
View More Bahamas Philately: Andros Island – PostmarksBahamas Philately: Eleuthera – Deep Creek
Deep Creek was originally called “Free Town” and is the largest settlement in South Eleuthera. Landmarks show that this area was once occupied by freed slaves that were allowed to work the land. Postal Services Post Office References Bahamas Geo Tourism
View More Bahamas Philately: Eleuthera – Deep CreekBahamas Philately: Royal Victoria Beach Club
The Royal Victoria Beach Club was a private beach club on Rose Island and was a subsidiary of the Royal Victoria Hotel. The location was chosen as the closest approach to the south seas in the Western Hemisphere. In 1946, the Royal Victoria began providing motorboat day trips to Rose…
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