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Auction: 15USA - The William H. Gross Collection
Lot: 18

S.G. #1, 1p Reddish lake on thick paper, ample to mostly large margins all around, strong rich color, neatly and clearly tied by out-islands numeral ""27"" in barred oval cancel to large part of 1860 (March 11) folded entire addressed to Mrs Eliza Sweeting, fine; a highly important Bahamian rarity, as this is the only recorded genuine usage of the first issue of Bahamas on cover, not to mention the importance of this cover to the collector of ""Number Ones"" of the world; ex-""Staircase"" Collection (Spink London sale, April 8, 1999); accompanied by a 1999 BPA certificate Estimate US$ 14,400-18,000

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