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Auction: 22022 - The Graham Booth Collection of West Indies, Transatlantic Mail and British Ship Letters
Lot: 1054

Bahamas
Early Letters and Handstamps
Ship Letter Handstamps
1858 (3 Feb.) envelope from Albany to New York bearing US 1857 3c. (perfs cut off at left) tied by c.d.s.; upon arrival the envelope was forwarded to Nassau by Bacon, Sargeant & Co. (oval red cachet on reverse), rated "4" and showing "bahamas/ship letter" with Bahamas double-arc d.s. (17.2) on reverse. Photo

provenance:
Morris Ludington, November 1999
Charles Freeland, March 2019

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£400

Starting price
£200