Fox Hill is one of the oldest Bahamian villages in The Bahamas and its residents are called “Fox Hillians.” The township’s name is derived from Samuel Fox, an enslaved African who was freed and granted 23.5 acres of land at Creek Village in 1801. The original settlement had concentrations of…
View More Bahamas Philately: New Providence – Fox HillIn March 1946, Monsignor John Hawes commenced working on St Augustine’s College, Monastery and Church at Fox Hill, New Providence. Hawes, an architect, originally designed a typical monastery built around an internal quadrangle. However, he soon realised that the contingencies of the site required a different approach which he described…
View More Bahamas Philately: Saint Augustine’s MonasteryThe coconut tree (Cocos nucifera) is a member of the palm tree family (Arecaceae) and the only living species of the genus Cocos. The term “coconut” (or the archaic “cocoanut”) can refer to the whole coconut palm, the seed, or the fruit, which botanically is a drupe, not a nut.…
View More Bahamas Philately: Coconut Tree (Cocos nucifera)Stamp Dealers Coin of the Realm Ltd Hauser’s Bahama Stamp & Coin Ltd 1953 1953 Coronation of Queen Elizabeth II 1954 1954 Definitive Series 1959 1959 Bahamas Postal Centenary (1859-1959)
View More Bahamas Philately: Stamps and Postal Products (1950-1959)In 1950, Frank L. Fraser founded the Eastern Shipping Corporation. In May 1954 he purchased two ships from Eastern Steamship Lines, the SS Yarmouth and SS Evangeline. The Evangeline was transferred to a Liberian registry and retained her name, although in 1955 she was to be rechristened as SS Nassau…
View More Bahamas Philately: Eastern Shipping Corporation – S/S EvangelineOur Saviour Lutheran Church was located on East Sunrise Highway, Freeport. The building was designed in an “unusual modern architectual style” by Schweizer Associates. In 1968, the Church sponsored a religious and school survey of Freeport which resulted in the Grand Bahama Port Authority agreeing to build a school…
View More Bahamas Philately: Our Saviour Lutheran Church (Freeport)San Salvador was a District Post Office on San Salvador Island. Date Stamps This is not listed by Luddington & Raymond or Proud. Proud seems to list this as D6 (unseen – 31DEC59–1AUG66) and Luddington lists it as a reissue of the Type 7 (59-AUG66). However, the space between S…
View More Bahamas Philately: Post Office – San SalvadorBougainvillea is a genus of thorny ornamental vines, bushes, and trees belonging to the four o’ clock family, Nyctaginaceae. It is native to eastern South America, found from Brazil, west to Peru, and south to southern Argentina. The inflorescence consists of large colourful sepal-like bracts which surround three simple waxy…
View More Bahamas Philately: Flowers of the Bahamas – BougainvilleaThe Salisbury & District Publicity Association was located on Stanley Avenue, Salisbury. It appears to have been established c.1950. Publicity Stationery Type I – The ideal place to live, work and play
View More Southern Rhodesia Philately: Salisbury & District Publicity AssociationCity Pharmacy Ltd was located at 238-240 Bay Street, Nassau. Lettercards J Salmon Ltd Postcards Curt Teich Industries Inc J Salmon Ltd
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