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Auction: 22022 - The Graham Booth Collection of West Indies, Transatlantic Mail and British Ship Letters
Lot: 1044

Bahamas
Early Letters and Handstamps
Mail to United Kingdom
1847 and 1849 missionary entires to London rated "1/-" and showing despatch double-arc d.s. on reverse; 1851 (18 July) entire from Nassau to London, rated "1/-", showing blue handstruck "24" and Philadelphia transit c.d.s. (12.8), the latter overstruck by circular-framed "5"; 1854 (23 Sept.) entire to London, marked "via the United States", rated "1/-", showing Savannah transit c.d.s. (12.10) and circular-framed "24" overstruck by circular-framed "5"; 1854 (26 Oct.) entire from Harbour Island to London, rated "1/-", showing Wellington North Carolina transit c.d.s. (5.12) and handstruck "21"; and 1857 (7 May) entire from Harbour Island to London, showing Baltimore transit c.d.s. (5.9), unframed "ship" and handstruck "10", all in blue, plus handstruck "6" with, on reverse, Montreal transit d.s. (8.8). A fine quartet of covers to UK via USA

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£380

Starting price
£100