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ROCK SOUND
£36
ROCK SOUND
£36
STANN CREEK framed oval of 6 lines (KD1) the obliterator portion of the rare TRD, defective corner £25
R in oval Faults including thin. £6
ORANGE WALK N.R.
£12
ORANGE WALK
£7
Cork cancel blunt corner perf. £7
NPB (Newspaper Branch) Crown CA wmk, perf. fault £7
ORANGE WALK N.R.
£9
BAHAMAS postal history 1871 cover and newsy 8-page letter headed "St. Mary's Parsonage, Nassau October 14th 1871" to The Reverend Herbert Todd, Derry Downs, St. Mary Cray with QV 1/- green P.12½ (SG.38) tied "A05" with red PAID LIVERPOOL U.S. PACKET 1 NO 71/3A alongside, reverse BAHAMAS OC 16 1871 dbl-arc, Chislehurst and St. Mary's Cray NO 1 71 arrivals. Adhesive with pulled base perf. Contents include "In August we had the edge of a hurricane, the full force of which was experienced in Andros, Biminis and Grand Bahama. Whole settlements are utterly ruined and many ships are lost. We had terrible weather here at the time, but people battened up early and so not much damage was done. Altogether we have had a terribly hot and tempestuous summer, with thunder storms sent as have never been known for 15 years". £725
506 Crown CC wmk P.12½ £24
TARPUM BAY
£18
CHEROKEE SOUND
£60
GALES POINT TRD in violet ink £30
ACKLINS ISLAND
£36
FRESH CREEK
£40
GREGORY TOWN
£40
COOPER'S TOWN
£48
FRESH CREEK, ANDROS ISLAND oval of 7 bars, Bahamas postmark/cancel (TRD C1, D1, LRD) the "killer" portion of the extremely rare temporary rubber datestamp duplex on 1901 1d Staircase (SG.58). £200