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;) | NASSAU, Bahamas postmark/cancel Unrecorded in both LUDINGTON and PROUD handbooks 20mm cds dated B/SP 7 82 on 1882 QV 1/- green CA wmk P.14 (SG.44). No obvious signs of "PAID" excised from base as per Ludington (P4) and Proud (PD3) illustrations £150 |
;) | GREGORY TOWN, Bahamas postmark/cancel hand-drawn dated C/SP 1 94 on QV 1d (SG.48), previously unrecorded. £200 |
;) ;) ;) ;) | WRECK of the Private Ship "ROBERT" at Egg Island, Bahamas, journey continued by "Lord Eldon" A newly discovered wreck entire written "Nassau 11 Dec 1816" marked "Robert" changed "Lord Eldon" to Glasgow landed with PORTSMOUTH/SHIP LETTER rated 1/4 and 1/6 with poor boxed Scottish wheel tax "½", two chisel slits, rarely found on Private Ship Letters from the BWI, struck from reverse (about 1½ inches or 1 6/16th inches or 17mm) with (London) 13 FE 13 1817 b/stamp, Glasgow 16 FEB receiver above address panel. Robert entered Lloyd's Register in 1815 as an American prize. Until 1822 the brig was a West Indiaman based in Liverpool and sailing to the Bahamas or Havana. Lloyd's List reported (FE 2 1817) that the "Robert", Wilkes, master, had been sailing from New Providence to Liverpool when she struck a reef off Egg Island, Bahamas, and had to put back for repairs. £2000 |
;) ;) | PARCEL POST BAHAMAS postmark/cancel (Proud unrecorded, BAHAMAS in smaller letters, 25mm) poorly struck but dated 28 NO 29 on 1924 3/- Staircase Mult. Script CA wmk (SG.114, Cat.£70) clear of "double treetrunk" variety, fine used. £60 |
;) | NASSAU, Bahamas postmark/cancel Unrecorded in both LUDINGTON and PROUD handbooks 20mm cds dated B/SP 7 82 on 1882 QV 1/- green CA wmk P.14 (SG.44). No obvious signs of "PAID" excised from base as per Ludington (P4) and Proud (PD3) illustrations £225 |
;) | Rum used RUM CAY, Bahamas postmark previously unrecorded manuscript on QV 1d (SG.47). £125 |