SAVE 36% 10 Different Bahamas Stamps

Island History in Your Hands —
10 Different Used Stamps from the Bahamas

The Bahamas has been issuing stamps since 1859, and even a small selection spans centuries of island history — from Puritan settlers seeking religious freedom to Winston Churchill to the blue waters and wildlife that make these islands unforgettable. Ten different stamps is a great way to start or add to a Bahamas collection, and at 36% off, it's an easy decision.

Selections will vary, but here are stamps you may find in your packet:

• Eleutheran Adventurers — Articles and Orders, 1647 (5c) — This stamp tells a fascinating story in the history of the Americas. In 1647, a group of English Puritans expelled from Bermuda for refusing allegiance to the Crown set sail for the Bahamas under Captain William Sayle. Their governing document — the Articles and Orders — established freedom of religion, democratic election of leaders, and humane treatment of native peoples. Historians have noted that if the settlement had succeeded, it would have created the first democratic state in the New World, 130 years before the American Revolution. The stamp reproduces the Articles document curled across a map of Eleuthera island — as striking a design as any in Bahamas philately.
• Winston Leonard Spencer Churchill, 1874–1965 (1/6d) — A dramatic blue-toned issue honoring Churchill in the year of his death, with his portrait set against St. Paul's Cathedral lit by wartime searchlights and Queen Elizabeth II at right.
• New Constitution 1964 (½d overprint) — A key piece of Bahamian political history: the familiar Queen Elizabeth II Infant Welfare Clinic definitive overprinted to mark the new constitution that set the Bahamas on the road to independence, achieved in 1973.
• ITU Centenary, 1865–1965 —Bold orange-and-green design marking the 100th anniversary of the International Telecommunication Union, with globe and lightning bolt. A popular topical among communications collectors worldwide.

You'll also find Queen Elizabeth II definitives showing the Infant Welfare Clinic and Native Straw Work scenes, a vivid Queen Conch shell stamp, an Osprey in flight, and an agricultural machinery issue — a well-rounded glimpse of the islands across several decades of postal history.