The United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland, commonly known as the United Kingdom or Britain, is a sovereign country in north-western Europe. The United Kingdom includes the island of Great Britain, the north-eastern part of the island of Ireland, and many smaller islands within the British Isles. The…
View More United KingdomIn 1919, an Evangelist and Bible Worker named Sister Somelliann, a Native of Crooked Island, visited the island of San Salvador. It was from this humble beginning that the Cockburn Town Seventh-day Adventist church was formed and an edifice build on Ward and 1st Street, Cockburn Town. Postcards 1977 –…
View More Bahamas Philately: Seventh-Day Adventist Church (San Salvador Island)Meikle’s Hotel was officially opened on 5 November 1915 in Salisbury. By 1916, an annex was added bringing the capacity to 160 rooms. Around 1930, it became part of Meikle’s Associated Hotels. References www.meikles.com
View More Southern Rhodesia Philately: Meikle’s HotelEarly records show that in 1796 a Methodist Chapel was built in the Western District of Nassau by a band of slaves under the leadership of a man named Joseph Paul. In the year 1814 a large house was adapted to make the original Methodist Chapel, seating 500 persons. This…
View More Bahamas Philately: Trinity Methodist Church (Nassau)This stone arch was named after Governor John Gregory (1849-1854), who served around 1850, and it was opened to the public on January 19, 1852. The arch, at the intersection of Market and Duke Streets, divides downtown Nassau from the rest of the island and is a street overpass to…
View More Bahamas Philately: Gregory ArchRyde House was built at Ryde from 1841 to 1844 by James Devlin. Its design is attributed to William Weaver. The house is completed in the Colonial Georgian architectural style. The land on which the house was built was originally part of a 1794 land grant to John Small and…
View More Australia Philately: Ryde HouseAn exploration party lead by Governor Arthur Phillip first visited Boongarrunbee while searching for farming land. Boongarrunbee was part of a major area which Phillip had named the Cumberland Plains, after the Duke of Cumberland. In February, Governor Phillip granted land to 11 convicts whose terms had expired. They established…
View More Australia Philately: Black TownPlaces Black Town Stamps & Postal Products 1989 The Pastoral Era
View More Australia Philately: The Pastoral Era (1810-1850)On arrival at Botany Bay, Captain Arthur Phillip had claimed all of the land for the British Crown. As the first Governor of New South Wales, he was able to grant parcels of land to free settlers, soldiers and former convicts. These land grants were usually small, and required the…
View More Australia Philately: 1801 Third Government FarmElizabeth Farm was established at Rose Hill in 1793 on the land of the Burramattagal clan of the Dharug people. It was located on a slight hill overlooking the upper reaches of Parramatta River, Elizabeth and John Macarthur arrived in New South Wales in 1790 with the Second Fleet. In…
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