Transcolor Corporation was established as a graphic arts company by Winthrop P Moore in 1947. Transcolor established a ‘transcolor’ process in which they reproduced four-colour postcards from any colour transparency at a third of the cost used by other four-colour processes at the time. The new products did not sacrifice…
View More Bahamas Postcards: Transcolor CorporationThe Royal Victoria Beach Club was a private beach club on Rose Island and was a subsidiary of the Royal Victoria Hotel. The location was chosen as the closest approach to the south seas in the Western Hemisphere. In 1946, the Royal Victoria began providing motorboat day trips to Rose…
View More Bahamas Philately: Royal Victoria Beach ClubThe Windsor Hotel was constructed A. Baker & Sons in the 1930’s and was the first hotel in the centre of Bay Street. The hotel opened for trade in 1938 prior to the outbreak of World War II but did not officially open until 1946, after the end of the…
View More Bahamas Philately: The Windsor HotelThe municipality of Bulawayo achieved city status on 4 November 1943. Commerce & Industry Glenville Tobacco Plantations
View More Southern Rhodesia Philately: Bulawayo (City)Hatchet Bay was named because of its harbour that is shaped like the head of a hatchet, with the handle being cut out by the sea. During the 1940’s, a channel was cut out to facilitate boats coming into the harbour. The Hatchet Bay Plantation was established in 1936 by…
View More Bahamas Philately: Eleuthera – Hatchet BayJohn Ernest Williamson (8 December 1881 – 15 July 1966) invented the “photosphere” from which he filmed and photographed undersea. He is credited as being the first person to take an underwater photograph from a submarine. Williamson created a film company, the Submarine Film Corporation. The equipment was taken to…
View More Bahamas Philately: Photosphere – Underwater Post OfficeDetails Subject: Victoria Falls Date of Issue: 1938 Orders: Date Withdrawn: Date Invalidated: Designer: Printer: Waterlow & Sons Ltd, London Wall, London, E.C. Process: Recess Paper: Watermark: None Perf: 14 (line) Plates: Sheet: R10 x 6 (60 stamps) Quantity: Sheet Numbers
View More Southern Rhodesia Philately: 1938 Victoria FallsThe site of Ardastra Gardens was originally designed by Jamaican horticulturalist Hedley Edwards in 1937. He named the gardens Ardastra, from the latin words ardua ad astra, meaning “striving towards the stars” because he felt that it depicted a ‘utopia of peace, beauty and tranquillity’. He developed the picturesque and…
View More Bahamas Philately: Ardastra GardensThe Prince George Hotel was constructed between 1935-36 on Bay Street, Nassau, by Roland Symonette and was designed by Albert J Lothian. The hotel was known for its Harbour Deck Restaurant and the Maury Roberts Co. Ltd shop. Between 1953-54 the hotel was renovated and extended. In 1964 it was…
View More Bahamas Philately: Prince George HotelMaury Roberts Co., Ltd was originally owned by J Maury (and later by his sons Marcel and Peter Maury) and J W Roberts . It was located on the ground floor of the Prince George Hotel on Bay Street in Nassau. The Maury’s were part owners of the hotel with…
View More Bahamas Philately: Maury Roberts Co. Ltd.