Postage stamps and postal history of the Bahamas

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The years from 1902 into the 1930s involved the usual profiles of Edward VII and George V. In 1920 a set of five stamps celebrated peace after World War I, and in 1930 another set of five depicting the Bahamian seal marked the 300th anniversary of the colony's founding.

In 1935, a pictorial stamp depicted flamingoes in flight; this design was re-used in 1939 replaced with George VI's profile, along with designs showing Fort Charlotte, and a "sea garden", likely the first time underwater scenery appeared on a stamp. But the mainstay of the George VI period was a set of small definitives only slightly updated from previous designs.

In October 1942, the definitives were

The Bahamas issued commemoratives for the centenary of Bahamian stamps in 1959, and for the centenary of Nassau in 1962. Also in 1962, two stamps were overprinted to mark the talks that led to the

A new set of 15 definitives in 1965 featured an updated layout, but repeating many of the same themes as seen in the 1954 stamps. These were overprinted with new currencies in the decimalisation of 1966, and then redesigned in 1967 with the new values.

From the 1970s on, the Bahamas issued an assortment of large and colorful stamps aimed at collectors, though not in great numbers.

See also

• List of people on stamps of the Bahamas
• Revenue stamps of the Bahamas

Sources

• Stanley Gibbons Ltd: various catalogues.
• Stamps of the World http://stampsoftheworld.co.uk/wiki/Category:Bahamas
• AskPhil – Glossary of Stamp Collecting Terms
• Encyclopaedia of Postal History
• ISBN 0-356-10862-7
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• Gisburn, G.D. (1950). The Postage Stamps and Postal History of the Bahamas. London, Great Britain: Stanley Gibbons. p. 144.
• Ludington, M.H. Bahamas early mail services and postal markings. s.l.: M.H. Ludington, 1982 210p.
• Ludington, M.H.; Raymond, Gale J. (1968). The Bahama islands. A history and catalogue of the handstamps and cancellations 1802-1967. London, Great Britain: Robson Lowe Ltd. p. 66.
• Proud, Edward B. The Postal History of Bahamas. Heathfield: Proud-Bailey, 2000
  ISBN 1872465307
  392p.