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;) | FRESH CREEK TRD in purple ink £16 |
;) | ALL PINES in purple ink £28 |
;) | 930 £7 |
;) | A06 (large) Faults £15 |
;) | STANN CREEK £8 |
;) | RUM CAY £6 |
;) | ALL PINES in purple ink £24 |
;) | A11 (Madame Joseph forgery) £14 |
;) | LONDON Crown CC wmk (SG.8) £25 |
;) | GRAYS in purple ink £12 |
;) | A06 (large) Faults £25 |
;) | A06 (small) Faults £15 |
;) | GREAT GUANO CAY £12 |
;) | GRANTS TOWN £5 |
;) | VREED-EN-HOOP £12 |
;) | VREED-EN-HOOP £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 |
;) | NEW AMSTERDAM, British Guiana full opened 2 sides uprated PSRE from sender at Bamboo, Canje Creek, Berbice pmk'd */24 NO 24, b/stamped Georgetown. £16 |
;) | NEW AMSTERDAM, British Guiana opened 2 sides missing flap underpaid cover pmk'd 3 JY 56 with tax markings and GB 2d Postage Due pmk'd at London, no full b/stamps. £14 |
;) | NEW AMSTERDAM, British Guiana opened 3 sides full Dixie Liquor Store cover stocking BALA-RINA White Rum and BRAN-D-RUM pmk'd 1 JU 55, no b/stamps. £14 |