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Auction: 22022 - The Graham Booth Collection of West Indies, Transatlantic Mail and British Ship Letters
Lot: 1045

Bahamas
Early Letters and Handstamps
Mail to United Kingdom
1851 (1 Oct.) entire and 1853 (13 Mar.) entire letter from "Grand Turk, Bahamas" (Turks Islands had been transferred from being part of the Bahamas to being a Dependency of Jamaica three years earlier) to London, the first rated "1/-" and showing Bahamas double-arc d.s. with code "B" on reverse, the second rated "1/-" and showing US handstruck "21"; 1853 (27 Oct.) entire from Eleuthera to London, rated "1/-" and showing very fine Bahamas double-arc d.s. with code "C" on reverse; and 1855 (13 July) entire from Nassau to London, rated "6" and showing fine Bahamas double-arc d.s. with code "A" on reverse

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£480

Starting price
£100