The Oceanus Hotel, Freeport, was opened in December 1965. It was originally named the Oceanus Inn but the name was changed just before it opened. The hotel hosted 168 rooms divided into 10 three-bedroom suites, 30 two-bedroom suites and 60 one-bedroom units. The hotel’s dining rooms, including the Coral Terrace…
View More Bahamas Philately: Oceanus HotelDowntown Freeport began as a supermarket and a few single-storey commercial buildings. After the creation of planning department, a downtown square with a parade ground was created. It was landscaped with an avenue of trees that lead to a large bronze head portrait of Sir Winston Churchill. The bronze…
View More Bahamas Philately: Freeport – Churchill SquareThe first coinage of the Independent State of Malawi were issued in 1965. The coins were made in nickel-silver alloy by the Royal Mint, London, and carried a portrait on the obverse of the Prime Minister, Dr. Hastings Banda, modelled by Mr. Paul Vincze. The four values issued were: Sixpence:…
View More Malawi Philately: 1965 – New CoinageDetails Designer: Victor Whitely Printer: Joh. Enschedé En Zonen Hollande Process: Photogravure Paper: Watermark: None Perf: Imperf Cylinders: Sheet: N/A Quantity:
View More Malawi Philately: 1965 New Coinage – 4/6d Miniature SheetDetails Publisher: Distributor: Max Basker & Sons Printer: Colorpicture Publishers Inc, Boston, Mass., USA Process: Plastichrome Photographer: Year: 1965 Series: P64900
View More Bahamas Philately: Max Basker & Sons (P64900 Series)Details Publisher: Wasile Enterprises Ltd, Nassau, Bahamas Distributor: Printer: Process: Designer: Elysee Wasile Year: 1965 Series: NAS.50-99
View More Bahamas Philately: Wasile Enterprises Ltd (NAS.50-99 Series)The John F Kennedy Memorial in Nassau was a project of the local Rotary club. Over 1700 Bahamians donated £406 to a club fund raising project of which £300 went to furnish a hospital room in the late President’s name, and the remaining amount to the memorial. Bahamian Premier Sir…
View More Bahamas Philately: John F Kennedy MemorialThe King’s Inn Hotel (also referred to as Bahamia King’s Inn Hotel) opened 29 January 1965 in Freeport, Grand Bahama, at a cost of $3,000,000. The hotel was part of the first phase of a $100 million living, shopping and leisure community constructed by Daniel K. Ludwig called Bahamia. The hotel…
View More Bahamas Philately: King’s Inn HotelDetails Publisher: Calypso Distributors Ltd, P.O. Box 5668 M.S., Nassau, Bahamas Distributor: Printer: Colourpicture Publishers Inc., Boston Mass. U.S.A. Process: Plastichrome Photographer: Colour by Ronald Lightbourn Year: 1965 Series: P33900 (Type A)
View More Bahamas Philately: Calypso Distributors Ltd (P33900 Series – Type A)Adansonia digitata, the African baobab, is the most widespread tree species of the genus Adansonia, the baobabs, and is native to the African continent and the southern Arabian Peninsula (Yemen, Oman). They are typically found in dry, hot savannas of sub-Saharan Africa, where they dominate the landscape and reveal the…
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