This postage stamp was issued by the Bahamas on 2 January 1996 (= Scott Catalogue # 855). It is part of a set depicting seashells. The 40 cent value shows a lace short-frond murex snail shell (= West Indian murex snail), Murex brevifrons (= Chicoreus brevifrons).
Classification: Animalia, Mollusca, Gastropoda, Neogastropoda, Muricidae
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Info. at:
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chicoreus_brevifrons
This postage stamp souvernir sheet was issued by the Bahamas on 17 March 1992 (= Scott Catalogue # 753). It marks the 500th anniverary of the discovery of the New World by Christopher Columbus in 1492. The sheet shows the Columbus Monument on San Salvador Island, Bahamas. It was erected in the 1950s along the beach at Fernandez Bay. Two other monuments on the island also mark the first landing of Columbus - the Chicago Monument and the Heloise Monument. The actual location may be a little north of this one, at or near the Heloise Monument.
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Info. at:
www.jsjgeology.net/Christopher-Columbus-landfall.htm
Tags: Bahamas 1.5 1.50 dollar dollars 50 cent cents 500th anniversary discovery New World Christopher Columbus 1492 1992 Scott Catalogue 753 postage stamp stamps souvenir sheet sheets Monument San Salvador Island
These postage stamps were issued by the Bahamas on 25 May 1967 (= Scott Catalogue # 255). They depict a flamingo and Queen Elizabeth II.
Tags: Bahamas 4 cent cents 4c flamingo Queen Elizabeth II 1967 Scott Catalogue 255 plate block postage stamp stamps blocks
This postage stamp was issued by the Bahamas in 1971 (= Scott Catalogue # 334). It is part of a set marking the 1971 Christmas holiday season. The 18 cent value shows a bright star over an island with palm trees.
Tags: Bahamas postage stamp stamps Christmas 1971 star island palm trees 18 cent cents Scott Catalogue 334
This postage stamp was issued by the Bahamas on 2 January 1996 (= Scott Catalogue # 858). It is part of a set depicting seashells. The 55 cent value shows an American spiny oyster shell, Spondylus americanus.
Classification: Animalia, Mollusca, Bivalvia, Pteriomorphia, Pectinoida, Spondylidae
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Info. at:
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Spondylus_americanus