Details Publisher: Printer: Printed in USA Year: 1954 Series:
View More Bahamas Philately: Printed in USA (Emerald Beach Hotel)Details Publisher: Ernie’s Studio & Camera Center Ltd, Freeport, Grand Bahamas Distributor: Printer: Dexter Press Inc, West Nyack, New York Process: Photographer: Larry Witt Year: 1964 Series: Dexter Supreme (DT-80000-B – Type B)
View More Bahamas Philately: Dexter Press Inc (DT-80000-B Series – Type B)The real stimulus for tourism in the Bahamas started around the early 1960s. Cuba was one of the few competitive tourism markets in the Caribbean that posed a threat to the Bahamas in the early days. Their tourism sector collapsed in the wake of the Cuban Revolution and the US…
View More Bahamas Philately: The 1960’sOne year after Independence celebrations, Prime Minister Lynden Pindling and the PLP government were facing critical level economic challenges. The economy had begun to stall, hotel unions were threatening strikes, and there were problems with the dollar. For tourism, there was wariness with the newly independent Bahamas and it faced…
View More Bahamas Philately: The 1970’sIn the four years prior to 1950, tourism arrivals to The Bahamas numbered about 32,000. In 1950, Sir Stafford Sands, a leading member of the Bahamas Government, revived the Tourism Development Board, giving it a budget of $500,000 which it used for extensive advertising and the opening of five overseas…
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View More Australia Philately: Stamps and Postal Products (2010-2019)A presentation by Alexander Haimann at The National Association of Colored Women’s Clubs.
View More Smithsonian National Postal Museum: African American Women on Postage StampsPost Office Products Australia Post Publications First Day Covers Pre-Stamped Envelopes 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009
View More Australia Philately: Stamps and Postal Products (2000-2009)This year marks the bicentenary of the circumnavigation of Van Diemen’s Land by Bass and Flinders. Two stamps commemorate their epic voyage, which proved the existence of Bass Strait and established that Van Diemen’s Land (Tasmania) was an island. Their findings had significant impact on the sailing time and saferty…
View More Australia Philately: 1998 Bass and Flinders