Details Series: 1971 Aboriginal Art Subject: Body Decoration Designer: John Mason Printer: Note Printing Branch, Reserve Bank of Australia Process: Photogravure Cylinders: Blue-Grey – Indian Red – Sepia – Black (printing order) Paper:Wiggins Teape unwatermarked paper coated paper incorporating Derby luminescence Watermark: None Perf: 13.5 x 13.25 (comb) Sheet: Printed in two panes of…
View More Australia Philately: 1971 Aboriginal Art – 25c Body DecorationDetails Series: 1971 Aboriginal Art Subject: Bark Painting Designer: John Mason Printer: Note Printing Branch, Reserve Bank of Australia Process: Photogravure Cylinders: Blue – Orange – Brown – Sepia (printing order) Paper:Wiggins Teape unwatermarked paper coated paper incorporating Derby luminescence Watermark: None Perf: 13.5 x 13.25 (comb) Sheet: Printed in two panes of 50…
View More Australia Philately: 1971 Aboriginal Art – 20c Bark PaintingThirty-one members of the British Commonwealth attended the Commonwealth Finance Ministers Meeting at Paradise Island, Nassau, 23-24 September 1971, representing over half the peoples of the developing world. The meeting recognised the serious financial issues faced by the United States, and the Ministers who attended were of the strong opinion…
View More Bahamas Philately: 1971 – Commonwealth Finance Ministers MeetingDetails Series: 1971 Definitive Series (New Values) Subject: Hibiscus Designer: Elyse Wasile Printer: Format International Security Printers Ltd Process: Lithography Paper: Watermark: C.A. Block Perf: 14.5 x 14 (comb) Cylinders: 1A (Green) 1A (Yellow) 1A (Red) 1A (Black) 1B (Green) 1B (Yellow) 1B (Red) 1B (Black) 1A (Green) 1A (Yellow) 1A (Red)…
View More Bahamas Philately: 1971 Definitive Series (New Values) – 7c HibiscusDetails Series: 1971 Definitive Series (New Values) Subject: Hawksbill Turtle Designer: Elyse Wasile Printer: Format International Security Printers Ltd Process: Lithography Paper: Watermark: Multiple St Edward’s Crown Block CA Perf: 14.5 x 14 (comb) Cylinders: 1A (Brown) 1A (Yellow) 1A (Orange) 1A (Green) 1A (Black) 1B (Brown) 1B (Yellow) 1B (Orange)…
View More Bahamas Philately: 1971 Definitive Series (New Values) – 6c Hawksbill TurtleThe Dag Hammarskjöld Memorial Crash Site marks the place of the plane crash in which Dag Hammarskjöld, the second and then-sitting Secretary-General of the United Nations was killed on 17 September 1961, while on a mission to the Léopoldville Congo Republic. The site is located 10 km from Ndola, in…
View More Zambia Philately: 1971 Dag Hammarskjold (1905-1961) – 25n PeaceOn 18 September 1961, Hammarskjöld was en route to negotiate a cease-fire between United Nations Operation in the Congo forces and Katangese troops. His airplane crashed near Ndola, Northern Rhodesia (Zambia). Hammarskjöld perished as a result of the crash, as did all of the 15 other passengers. The circumstances of…
View More Zambia Philately: 1971 Dag Hammarskjold (1905-1961) – 10n Death in HonourThe dove has been a symbol of peace and innocence for thousands of years in many different cultures. In the story of Noah in the Bible, when the flood waters receded, Noah sent out a dove which returned with an olive leaf, to show that the Biblical flood was over…
View More Zambia Philately: 1971 Dag Hammarskjold (1905-1961) – 15n PeaceThe UN General Assembly (UNGA) is the main policy-making organ of the Organisation. Comprising all Member States, it provides a unique forum for multilateral discussion of the full spectrum of international issues covered by the Charter of the United Nations. On 31 March 1953, the Security Council voted 10-0-1 to…
View More Zambia Philately: 1971 Dag Hammarskjold (1905-1961) – 4n United Nations General AssemblyThe Silver Sands Hotel opened in 1971 and was located in Freeport, Grand Bahama. It was a 144 room luxury apartment hotel. It was air-conditioned with fully equipped kitchens, bathrooms and a private balconies, and wall-to-wall carpeting. In 1975, the hotel was purchased for $1.5m by Iverugie Investments Ltd.…
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