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Auction: 14025 - The Philatelic Collector's Series sale
Lot: 209

Bahamas
Covers and Cancellations
1879 (c.) envelope to U.S.A., bearing 1863-77 perf. 14 1d. scarlet-vermilion horizontal pairs (2) in combination with U.S.A. 3c. green, mailed on board ship and all neatly cancelled by New York "6" in barred ovals, New York Paid All duplex and Greenfield (29.3) arrival c.d.s. on reverse. A very rare and most attractive combination cover. Photo

Note: Between 1 January and 1 July 1879, when the Bahamas joined the U.P.U., United States stamps were on sale at Nassau hotels for those who wished to prepay the U.S. internal postage

provenance:
Morris H. Ludington, November 1999

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Estimate
£5,000 to £6,000