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RAGGED ISLAND, Bahamas postal history 1917 commercial cover with sender address to Buffalo, New York with KGV 1d pmk'd RAGGED ISLAND sideways up B/28 MR 17 (T.1, D2) with boxed "NASSAU"/Tourist Season/Dec. to Apl. advertising slogan. £75
BAHAMAS postal history 1868 cover to Henry Dunn, New York with QV 4d Chalon tied "A05" with fine BAHAMAS OC 17 1868/C dbl-arc on upper flap which can fully display showing NEW YORK OCT 25 arrival with "3" due. Handstruck "CANNOT BE FOUND" and NEW YORK POST OFFICE/OCT 30/ADVERTISED oval with New York NOV 30 return cds on reverse. £525
KNOWLES, Bahamas postmark (T.7 1, D3) 21 JUN 52 on 2 x KG6 ˝d (SG.149e) piece. £6
QUEENSLAND postal history 1875 Wagstaff family cover from California with U.S. 3c x 2, 10c tied segmented cork cancels with adjacent red SAN FRANCISCO PAID cds dated MAR 8 and marked "per City of Melbourne Ship" to John Wagstaff, Agricultural (Station?), Rockhampton, Queensland forwarded with tied Queensland QV 2d blue to Lily Vale via Gainsford, backstamped Brisbane AP 5 75 with Rockhampton AP 9 75 arrival and forwarded Rockhampton AP 22 75 with Lilly Vale MY 3 1875 arrival. An exceptional combination. On JA 1 1874 the rate to all Australian Colonies, New Zealand and Fiji was reduced to 2d. £3000
NASSAU via PHILADELPHIA to LONDON, Bahamas postal history 1852 outer wrapper docketted "Nassau 13 Oct 1852" landed blue PHILADELPHIA OCT 30 showing "24" surface charge to New York (where it caught the Cunard steamer “Europa” to Liverpool) and black circled "5" for ship to The Rev. George Osborn, Wesleyan Mission House, London rated 1/- with 17 NO arrival backstamp. In late September 1852 there was an outbreak of cholera in the Bahamas in which over a 1,000 persons died within a period of five months. The Daily Atlas described “Vessels in the harbour being crowded with people fleeing the scourge”. Also on NO 17 1852 the RMSP "La Plata" arrived Southampton “under melancholy circumstances” – nine dead on board and 21 taken ill during the voyage from the West Indies (Pratique 6/02).
£175
APPAM, Gold Coast postmark (T.2, 19mm cds with large letters wide M, D5) dated C/AU 20 8 (ERD, 8 for 89?) on QV ˝d (SG.11). £60
KADJEBI, Gold Coast postal history 1951 use of KG6 3d PSRE with added KG6 1d, 2d, 2 x 1/- pmk'd KADJEBI */17 JY 51 cds to Detroit, Michigan, opened-out for display. A postal agency under Hohoe, Togoland. £30
SEMBEHU, Sierra Leone postmark (142.03) C/JU 20 32 on KGV 3d (SG.159). £14
A10 used GEORGETOWN, St. Vincent postmark (PML.5) in red on QV 1d drab Crown CA REVERSED wmk (SG.39a). £18
KENEMA, Sierra Leone postmark (072.03) */JA 18 37 on KGV 4d (SG.160). £9
BO-PENDEMBU TRAVELLING POST OFFICE, Sierra Leone postmark (206.01) */JU 2 37 on KGV 4d (SG.160). £16
GOVERNORS HARBOUR, Bahamas postmark (T.1, D2) dated B/SP 2 86 (SP 2 inverted, 8 looks upright but might be year 98) on QV 2˝d (SG.51). £20
YORK ISLAND, Sierra Leone postmark (164.03) sideways down C/JU 5 33 on KGV 4d (SG.160). £6
KABALLA, Sierra Leone postmark (057.02) C/JU 21 33 on KGV 2d (SG.158). £15
BLAMA, Sierra Leone postmark (015.02) C/4 FE 38 on horiz. strip of three KGV 1d (SG.156). £5
ADDAH, Gold Coast postmark (T.2, scarce 20mm, D1) AP 2 78 on QV 6d (SG.8). £18
ORANGE CREEK, Bahamas TRD postmark (TRD 3C, D1) in purple dated JUN 30 1951 on KG6 1˝d (SG.151a) piece. £20
FRESH CREEK ANDROS ISLAND, Bahamas postmark (T3a, D2) 6 MAY 11 on two re-united hinged together singles KE7 ˝d (SG.71). £55