The Digital Philatelist

When the Bahamas Hotel Association (BHA) was formed its members immediately saw the need to collectively market the destination. For its entire 60 years, the BHA was a prominent force in tourism promotion, working along with the Bahamas Tourism Development Board and later the Ministry of Tourism and Promotion Boards.…

Rock Sound was established by Arthur Vining Davis, a millionaire industrialist, who made his money in aluminium. In 1940, Davis who had moved to retire in South Florida suddenly decided to embarked on a land buying spree in Florida and in the Bahamas. As part of this spree, Davis  purchase…

In 1949, Bert Malcolm bought a small two cottage accommodation on Harbour Island and named it Pink Sands Lodge. During the year, this was expanded to nineteen visitor’s homes with accommodation for a dozen guests. In 1951 Allen and Remelle Malcolm from Ashland, Kentucky, USA, purchased Pink Sands Lodge from…

The Douglas GAM-87 Skybolt was an air-launched ballistic missile (ALBM) developed by the United States during the late 1950s. The basic concept was to allow US strategic bombers to launch their weapons from well outside the range of Soviet defences. To do this in an air-launched form, a lightweight thermonuclear…

In 1960 the Nassau Beach Lodge changed its name to the Nassau Beach Hotel. By this time it offered experiences such as the Out Island Bar, The Rum Keg, Goombay Bar, Lamplighter Room and Wine Cellar. Around 1964 the hotel underwent a two phase expansion costing $3,000,000. The first phase…

The subjects for this definitive series was suggested by Henry Atholl Simpson, Head Postal Training Advisor who was on loan from the London G.P.O. The designs were carried out by local artist Elyse Wasile (1920-2013). Wasile was an American artist who spent some 25 years in Nassau, where she painted…