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| Country: Bahamas Clear Subject: All | Sort: Newest listed first |
;) | BAHAMAS full QV 2½d PSE with added QV 2½d pmk'd C/6 AP 93, reverse London AP 21 93. £20 |
;) ;) | BAHAMAS to EGYPT Full cover with TAORMINA K.u.K.Y.G printed flap to Prince Colloredo Mannsfeld (originally an Italian noble family) in Cairo pmk'd Nassau C/MR 28 01. TAORMINA is a beach holiday town under Mount Etna in Sicily. £120 |
;) | USA/BAHAMAS mixed currency franking full cover pmk'd Miami MAR 18 1908, purple AUDIT OFFICE, BAHAMAS 16 APR 1908 cachet. £75 |
;) | BAHAMAS to Contentment Island full Red Star Line (printed red flag flap) cover pmk'd Nassau 17 FEB 12 re-addressed Contentment Island (America's richest real estate). £24 |
;) | SPENCER'S POINT, Bahamas pmk'd Nassau 25 APR 12 to Abaco, SPENCER'S POINT dated 28 APR 12, handstruck UNCLAIMED in both blue and black, no backstamps. £225 |
;) ;) ;) | BAHAMAS postal history 1948 slender intact wrapper to John Stewart, Bluff, Eleuthera with KG6 1d olive-grey (SG.150a) showing SHIFTED DUTY PLATE pmk'd SHIRLEY STREET 14 JUL 48. £150 |
;) | BAHAMAS postal history (Ex URWICK) 1886 reg. cover front to New York with QV Chalon 6d deep violet pmk'd "A05" with red REGISTERED NASSAU cds dated A/MY 31 86. Ex URWICK £125 |
;) ;) | BAHAMAS postal history 1918 cover to a Private in the 3rd Somerset Light Infantry, Palace Barracks, Holywood, Nr. Belfast, Ireland, forwarded initially from London 27 JU 18 by The West Indian Contingent Committee (per b/stamp), with KGV 1d WAR TAX and 1d Red Cross showing "full extra tree-trunk" variety pmk'd Nassau 4 JUN 18 £140 |
;) | PINE RIDGE to MALTA, Bahamas postal history 1953 cover to Const. A. Schembre, Zabbar, Malta with 2 x KG6 10d yellow-orange (SG.154a) tied blue ink PINE RIDGE cds dated 20 AUG 52 (T.7, D4), b/stamped Nassau AUG 20 1953 and Valletta AU 25 53. £75 |
;) | TRUE BLUE (Crooked Island) temporary rubber datestamp, Bahamas postal history 1952 cover from Senorita G. Moss on Crooked Island to The Voice of Prophecy, Nassau with KG6 1½d (SG.151a) tied TRUE BLUE (TRD 3C, D1) dated APR 12 1952, some cover edge crumpling. £48 |
;) ;) | ORANGE CREEK (Cat Island) temporary rubber datestamp, Bahamas postal history 1950 printed card from Harold. S. Poitier on Cat Island to the Bible School, Nassau with KG6 1½d (SG.151a) tied purple ORANGE CREEK (TRD 3C, D1) dated OCT 16 1950. £75 |
;) ;) | PRESTWICK AIR CRASH, Bahamas postal history 1954 charred and grimy commercial cover to Kenneth Mackintosh, Nassau from Williamson's Linoleum store posted with red Lancaster & Morecambe meter machine for 1/3d dated 22 X11 54, three days later boxed purple "SALVAGED MAIL/AIRCRAFT CRASH/ PRESTWICK 25-12-54" cachet applied, intact Williamson & Son Statement of Account to the Community Furniture Store for goods received. £125 |
;) ;) | BAHAMAS to Isle of Wight re-directed Hyeres, France postal history 1910 printed Royal Coat-of-Arms flap cover to Shanklin, Isle of Wight with indistinctly tied 1d Staircase, on arrival re-directed to Hyeres, France with three copies GB KE7 ½d (one defective) tied SHANKLIN S.O. DE 22 10 d/rings, cover poorly opened. £40 |
;) ;) | MARSH HARBOUR, Bahamas postal history 1924 reg. "Iremonger" cover to Bristol with KGV 4d (SG.21) tied MARSH HARBOUR (T.1, D2 LRD) bluish-black reversed C/DE 25 24 cds, b/stamped Nassau and London. Proud handbook records D2 with "A" code but as this is the only example I have handled I cannot confirm whether two codes were used. £95 |
;) | GREAT GUANO CAY, Bahamas postal history 1934 Alan S. Round reg. cover to Stourbridge with KGV 2½d, 3d pmk'd GREAT GUANO CAY (T.7 I, D3) 27 NOV 34 cds. £85 |
;) | SIMMS LONG ISLAND, Bahamas postal history 1925 reg. commercial cover from Caroline E. Knowles (per flap with sender seal removed by scissors) to the Priscilla Publishing Company in Boston, Massachusetts with 3 x KGV 1d tied SIMMS LONG ISLAND (T3a, D2) 24 JAN 25 d/rings. £65 |
;) | KNOWLES'S, Bahamas postal history 1932 reg. cover to C.E. Cedar, Tacoma, Washington with KGV 2½d (SG.84a) pmk'd KNOWLES'S (T.5, D2) */SP 13 32, b/stamped Miami SP 21 transit. £85 |
;) | RAGGED ISLAND, Bahamas postal history 1935 reg. cover to Alan Round, Stourbridge with Sheet Number 150 KGV 4d yellow (SG.85a) pmk'd RAGGED ISLAND (T.5, D3) */FE 2 35, further strike on reverse plus Nassau (8 FE) and Stourbridge (22 FE). £60 |
;) ;) ;) ;) | INAGUA, Bahamas postal history 1903 use of KE7 1d UPU Post Card with full German text headed "17.9.03" pmk'd INAGUA SP 18 without year to Lubeck, Germany re-directed to Charlottenberg with handstamped and 14.10.03 pmk'd label affixed which translates "Not determined, confirmed P.A.I. Charlottenburg" and "Work of reference, recognised" (Nachschlagewerke eingesehen), unusual. £95 |
;) ;) | FOX HILL, Bahamas postal history 1929 use of KGV 2d orange PSRE commercially used to Lennards Ltd, Bristol with added KGV 1d pmk'd blue FOX HILL (T. 7 I, D3) */FE 22 29 cds, reverse with Nassau 22 FE 29 and red hooded REGISTERED LONDON 8 MR 29 transit, opened along base only. £240 |