Crooked Island is part of a group of islands semi-encircling a large, shallow lagoon called the Bight of Acklins, of which the largest is the northern Crooked Island. The main town on the island is Colonel Hill. The islands were settled by American Loyalists in the late 1780s who set…
View More Bahamas Philately: Crooked IslandAcklins and Crooked Islands consisted of a group of islands semi-encircling a large, shallow lagoon called the Bight of Acklins, of which the largest are Crooked Island in the north and Acklins in the south-east, and the smaller are Long Cay (once known as Fortune Island) in the north-west, and…
View More Bahamas Philately: Acklins and Crooked IslandsRagged Island is an island in the southern Bahamas. Ragged Island is part of the Jumentos Cays and Ragged Island Chain. The crescent-shaped chain measures over 180 km in length and includes cays known as Raccoon Cay, Hog Cay and Double-Breasted Cay. Island ownership is stated to have been granted…
View More Bahamas Philately: Ragged IslandDuring the 1920s, Frank Munson, of the Munson Steamship Line, bought a crescent shaped beach-front property on Hog Island, across from Nassau. He bought and installed cabanas for guests and named the placed Paradise Beach. By the 1930s the beach became popular with America’s winter leisure class. Visitors accessed the…
View More Bahamas Philately: Hog Island – Paradise BeachLong Island is an island in The Bahamas that is split by the Tropic of Cancer. Its capital is Clarence Town. Archaeological evidence shows that the Lucayan Taíno tribe settled on Long Island, probably in the island’s cave system. After the demise of the Lucayans, who were taken as slaves…
View More Bahamas Philately: Long IslandThe Compleat Angler was a modest three-story hotel on the island of North Bimini in the Bahamas. It was built by Henry and Helen Duncombe in 1935 following destruction by fire of their first house on 18 November 1934. The establishment, located in the centre of Alice Town, contained 12 guestrooms…
View More Bahamas Philately: The Compleat AnglerCumberland House was a small guest house based one block from the British Colonial Hotel and shopping area. The guest house provided 25 rooms for accommodation – all were air conditioned with a private bath and balcony. It was run by two restauranters, Lorraine Onderdonk (Secretary of Bahamas Hotel Association…
View More Bahamas Philately: Cumberland HouseThe largest of the cays in Exuma is Great Exuma. George Town, the largest town and capital of Exuma, is located on Great Exuma. The town was founded 1793 and named in honour of George III by American colonial loyalists fleeing the Revolutionary War. Flamingo Bay Hotels, Clubs &…
View More Bahamas Philately: Exuma – Great ExumaEspecially favoured by yachtsmen, the Exumas are like a 90-mile long necklace of coral beginning about 25 miles south-east of Nassau and curving southward in a gentle arc. The festive Out Island Regatta – the sailing championship for native craft – takes place each spring at George Town, a harbor…
View More Bahamas Philately: ExumasEvents 1962 1962 Arrival of La Nina II 1965 1965 Columbus Memorial Festival 1966 1966 Royal Visit 1970 1970 Bahamas National Open 1971 1971 Commonwealth Finance Ministers Meeting 1971 Bahamas National Open 1972 1972 Tourism Year of the Americas 1972 1st Exhibition (Grand Bahama Philatelic Society) 1973 1973 Independence Day…
View More Bahamas Philately: History of The Bahamas