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| Country: Bahamas Clear Subject: All | Sort: Newest listed first |
;) | GREEN TURTLE CAY dated 15 MAY without year on KGV £1.00 (SG.125). £120 |
;) | GREGORY TOWN £12 |
;) | BURNT GROUND £28 |
;) | FRESH CREEK TRD in purple ink £16 |
;) | RUM CAY £6 |
;) | GRAYS in purple ink £12 |
;) | GREAT GUANO CAY £12 |
;) | GRANTS TOWN £5 |
;) ;) ;) ;) | 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 |
;) | SNUG CORNER, Bahamas full cover to The Princess Margerate (sic) Hospital with purple temporary rubber datestamp OCT 22 1964, no b/stamps. £16 |
;) | STEVENTON, Bahamas full cover pmk'd 17 DEC 47, no b/stamps. £18 |
;) | STEVENTON, Bahamas full cover pmk'd 6 DEC 52, no b/stamps. £25 |
;) | SOUTH PALMETTO POINT, Bahamas full card pmk'd bluish-black dated 29 DEC 47, no reverse text or b/stamps. £16 |
;) | SOUTH PALMETTO POINT, Bahamas full card pmk'd bluish-black dated 29 DEC 47, no reverse text or b/stamps. £18 |
;) | BAHAMAS to Holland full reg. cover to Amsterdam with Peace set pmk'd 6 MAR 20, b/stamped partial London. £40 |
;) | BAHAMAS full QV 4d orange PSRE pmk'd Nassau 24 JAN 59 with EXPRESS handstamp, b/stamped Miami Biscayne Annex. £12 |
;) | BAHAMAS to HOLLAND full QV 2½d PSE pmk'd Nassau C/21 OC 98(?), b/stamped 5 NOV arrival. £18 |
;) | BAHAMAS full mourning cover pmk'd Nassau 12 JAN 16, no b/stamps. £16 |
;) | BAHAMAS to JAMAICA full cover to Kingston pmk'd Nassau OCT 1 1941 with SALVATION ARMY arrival cachet. £15 |
;) | BAHAMAS full Bahamas Feed Supply local cover pmk\\\'d Freeport 9 FEB 76, purple boxed RETURN TO SENDER/UNCLAIMED, b/stamped GEN. DEL.2. FREEPORT cds. £14 |