“Hold that tiger” becomes less of a catch-phrase and more of a necessity to the anglers of the Zambezi and Lake Kariba, where Hydrocyon vittatiis or “Lively water dog” has its haunts. The stamp picture, satisfactorily confined to two colours when it was thought three or more would be necessary,…
View More Southern Rhodesia Philately: 1964 Definitive Series – 2/6d Tiger Fish“Another magazine picture, with emphasis on the lake waters and the undeveloped (foreground) verge requested of the artist, was the basic source. The latter made a suitable background for Whiteley’s cased letters, showing the advantage of this “see-through” technique. The stamp shows an amazing variety of tones derived from the…
View More Southern Rhodesia Philately: 1964 Definitive Series – 2s Lake KyleAnother transparency was the source of this picture of Rhodesia’s unofficial floral emblem, the flame lily, also known as the Turk’s Cap or gloriosa lily. Originally rendered in two colours, a third colour, yellow, was found necessary and a background similar to that of the Fiji 8d. “Hibiscus” stamp (now…
View More Southern Rhodesia Philately: 1964 Definitive Series – 6d Flame LilyThe Green Turtle Club was established in 1964 by Alan Charlesworth. It was located on the north end of White Sound, Green Turtle Cay, just off Great Abaco. The club was located on fifty acres, consisting of a half-dozen cottages that could host two to six persons. By 1966,…
View More Bahamas Philately: Green Turtle ClubA new Mornington post office was opened in 1964. 1971 1972 1973 1974
View More Australia Philately: Mornington (3931)Details Publisher: Natural Color Publishers Inc, Miami Beach, Fla. Printer: Koppel Color, Hawthorne, New Jersey, USA Year: 1964 Series: 48900 (Type B)
View More Bahamas Philately: Natural Color Publishers Inc (48000 Series – Type B)Although no printer is listed, this matches Dexter Press Inc postcards and is in the style of the Genuine Natural Color series. Details Publisher: Publicity Graphics Associates, New York City Distributor: Printer: Process: Photographer: Year: 1964 Series: 87000
View More Bahamas Philately: Dexter Press Inc (87000 Series)Details Publisher: Distributor: Printer: Tichnor Bros., Inc., Boston 15, Mass. Process: “Lusterchrome” Reg. U.S. Pat. Off. Photographer: Ardastra Gardens Year: 1964 Series: K–13000
View More Bahamas Philately: Tichnor Bros Inc (K-13000 Series)In 1955 the wealthy American shipbuilder and international industrialist, Daniel K Ludwig, moved to Grand Bahama to finance and dredge a deep water harbour. He went on to build the King’s Inn Hotel and golf course and eventually decided to construct an International Bazaar and and adjacent casino and. El…
View More Bahamas Philately: El CasinoDetails Subject: Parliament Square Designer: Printer: Bradbury Wilkinson & Co Ltd, New Malden, Surrey, England Process: Recess Paper: Watermark: Multiple St Edward’s Crown Block CA Perf: 11 x 11.5 (comb) Plates: 1 (Violet), 1 (Slate-Black) : 1a (Violet), 1a (Slate-Black) Sheet: Printed in two panes of 120, separated by a gutter. Guillotined through gutter into two…
View More Bahamas Philately: 1964 Definitive Series (New Constitution) – £1 Parliament Buildings