Details Publisher: Distributor: Printer: Dexter Press Inc., West Nyack, N.Y. Process: Genuine Natural Color Photographer: Litho in USA Year: 1956 Series: 92800 Series (Type A)
View More Bahamas Philately: Dexter Press Inc (92800 Series – Type A)Details Publisher: Bahamian Enterprises Ltd, Ft. Lauderdale, Fla. Distributor: Printer: Dexter Press Inc, West Nyack, Inc Process: Genuine Natural Color Photographer: Helen Cottrell (Ektachrome) Year: 1954 Series: 72900
View More Bahamas Philately: Dexter Press Inc (72900 Series)Details Publisher: Distributor: Printer: Dexter Press Inc, West Nyack, Inc Process: Genuine Natural Color Photographer: Hans Walter Hannau Year: 1955 Series: 56500 (Type B)
View More Bahamas Philately: Dexter Press Inc (56500 Series – Type B)The Lusaka Publicity Association was a municipally-supported organisation that was established c.1956. In 1960 when Lusaka achieved city status, its changed its name to Lusaka and District Publicity Association. Commemorative Covers 1960 Lusaka Becomes A City
View More Rhodesia & Nyasaland Philately: Lusaka Publicity AssociationLum’s was located on Bay Street, Nassau. Lum’s was a food chain that was based on Miami, Florida. The business was originally started in 1956 when Stuart and Clifford Perlman purchased a Miami Beach hot dog stand from Burnett Carvin. At its height, the company owned and franchised 400 stores…
View More Bahamas Philately: Lum’sDetails Publisher: Curt Teich, Chicago, USA Distributor: P M Lightbourn, Nassau, N.P., Bahamas Printer: Curteich, Chicago, USA Process: C.T. Art-Colortone Photographer: Ronald G Lightbourn Year: 1956 Series: 6C-H
View More Bahamas Philately: Curt Teich (6C-H Series)When Canadian industrialist and thoroughbred horse breeder E. (Eddie) P. Taylor visited Nassau in 1945, he was intrigued by the western end of New Providence island, then patchy dirt roads and Mangrove swamps. Trained as an engineer and a successful developer in Toronto, Taylor had a vision and purchased the…
View More Bahamas Philately: Lyford Cay ClubThe Dolphin Hotel, located on West Bay Street and Nassau Street, was opened in July 1957. The fully air-conditioned hotel contained 52 rooms (although by 1958 it was advertised as 67 rooms) which were all beach-facing. There was a cocktail bar and lounge with Calypso entertainment and nightly dining and…
View More Bahamas Philately: The Dolphin HotelFreeport was founded by an American, Wallace Groves, who formed the Grand Bahama Port Authority Ltd to negotiate the Hawksbill Creek Agreement with the Bahamas Government. The Hawksbill Creek Agreement was an agreement signed in 1955 between the government of the Bahamas and Groves to establish a city and free…
View More Bahamas Philately: Grand Bahama – FreeportDetails Publisher: Transcolor Corporation, New York, NY Distributor: Malcuna Shops Inc, N.Y., N.Y. Printer: Koppel Color, Hawthorne, New Jersey, USA Process: Photographer: Year: 1955 Series: 6800
View More Bahamas Philately: Transcolor Corporation (6800 Series)