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CHRISTMAS 1971
Artwork by Jennifer Toombs
Issue of 19 October 1971
Issued Stamps
The stamp designs for the 1971 Christmas Issue of the Bahamas by Miss Jennifer M. Toombs were based on the work of local
artists supplied in the form of collages of cutouts from Christmas cards and similar materials. The following sheets show the
development of Tombs' ideas as she worked ideas into the final designs for the stamps.
Printed by Lithography at the Walsall Security Printers Ltd, with additional embossing on the gold part of the 15 cent design.
Watermark: Multiple St Edward's Crown Block CA
Sheet issues comb-perforated 14 x 14.5
wmk upright wmk inverted
3c Stylised snow flake I le Doves - Peace on Earth
!Sc Arms of Bahamas & holly wreath l 8c Lagoon by starlight
Miniature sheet line-perforated 15 x 15
CHRISTMAS 1971
AS
Note the irregularities at the perforation crossings caused by the line-perforation
