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| Country: Bahamas Clear Subject: All | Sort: Newest listed first |
;) | LONG CAY, Bahamas postal history (T.3b, D3) full reg. cover to Tacoma, USA pmk'd 16 FEB 3, opened three sides. £50 |
;) | CLARENCE TOWN, LONG ISLAND Bahamas postal history (T.7a) full reg. cover pmk'd 16 FEB 30 to Tacoma, USA, backstamps. £45 |
;) | R.A.F. STATION No.111, Bahamas postal history 1946 stampless foolscap OHMS covers (2) to Montreal, Quebec and London, England showing PAID AT BAHAMAS crowned circle and R.A.F. STATION No.111/OFFICIAL MAIL/NASSAU BAHAMAS h/stamps (both with clear strikes across reverse flaps), some creasing. £90 |
;) | AIR MAIL, NASSAU, BAHAMAS in purple on full cover with six QE2 1d (two on reverse) pmk'd MAR 19 1959 to Texas, USA. £18 |
;) | COMMISSIONER'S OFFICE FRESH CREEK, ANDROS, Bahamas full local cover with red ink TRD dated AUG 20 1959. £30 |
;) | GREAT GUANO CAY, Bahamas full, trimmed at left, cover pmk'd 11 APR 53. £10 |
;) | HIGH ROCK (to Santa Claus), Bahamas full cover pmk'd 22 NOV 66. £14 |
;) | BAHAMAS 1940 (AP 10) full cover with handstruck green ink "PASSED BY CENSOR". £15 |
;) ;) | BAHAMAS full cover with censor 1830, printed flap shows postage rates. £18 |
;) ;) | GOVERNMENT HOUSE, Bahamas postal history 1823 entire (3 lengthy pages of text) headed "Government House, Bahamas 20th July 1823" written by John Irving and carried privately (smuggled) to Edinburgh, no postal markings, some soiling. £80 |
;) | BAHAMAS full cover with censor IG/6030 £15 |
;) | BAHAMAS postal history 1968 cover to Mr. Santa Claus c/o Maura's Toy Land, Nassau pmk'd Freeport 3 DEC 66. Flight time Freeport to Nassau 37 minutes, distance 207km so airmail envelope appropriate. £16 |
;) ;) | DUCHESS OF WINDSOR (wife of abdicated KE8), Bahamas postal history 1943 GOVERNMENT HOUSE printed flap cover to Saks, Fifth Avenue, New York signed by Secretary to the Duchess of Windsor with KG6 10d rate pmk'd Nassau 19 AUG 43, censor 14797 at left. £28 |
;) | A R (Avis De Reception), Bahamas postal history 1923 commercial use (opened only along top) of KGV 2d PSRE with added 1/2d, 3d to Huddersfield pm'd Nassau 13 AP 23, appended in pencil "AR" with blue crayon "23", some lighter toning. £75 |
;) ;) | SEA FLOOR, Bahamas to American actor Adolphe Jean Menjou Illustrated and Williamson signed cover with The Development Board MAY 6 1940 departmental cachet with KG6 4d tied SEA FLOOR (twisted A, dropped R) with handstruck str. line "POSTED IN THE WILLIAMSON PHOTOSPHERE" (lower left), and handstruck str. line "Bahamas - Williamson Undersea Expedition" on reverse below Adolphe Menjou Hollywood 1941 signature. Menjou (1890-1963) has a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame at 6826 Hollywood Boulevard. As an American actor his career spanned both silent films and talkies from The Faith Healer (1921) to the State of the Union (1948). £120 |
;) ;) ;) | BAHAMAS postal history circa 1877 near complete contents large part entire with QV Chalon 1d scarlet P.14 (SG.34) defaced with manuscript initials from Joseph A Gilmour to Nassau, £750 |
;) ;) | GOVERNORS HARBOUR, Bahamas c1921 commercial cover front from "Gov. Harbour, Eleuthera" to Huddersfield with KGV 1d tied rare blue boxed "Regain Health and Vigour. Take/Cruise in Your Motor Yacht to/ELEUTHERA, BAHAMAS./THE TOMATO GROWING ISLAND." Proud handbook records as HS7 with single date of use for 15 May 1921. £50 |
;) | BAHAMAS to POST-WAR AMERICAN OCCUPATION of VIENNA, AUSTRIA 1948 reg. cover with Plate 1 block of four KG6 3d to Vienna with purple ink Austrian "V1" and 240 inspector handstamps pmk'd Nassau 21 JUN 48. £65 |
;) | BAHAMAS Hotel Royal Victoria cover to New York with QV 2½d tied Nassau C/DE 12 99, some soiling. £32 |
;) | BAHAMAS to FRANCE 1923 reg. cover with 2 x 3d Staircase pmk'd Nassau 17 MAY 23 to Paris, France. £30 |