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Auction: 5021 - France, Featuring the Château Ramezay Collection, Europe & O/seas & B. Empire
Lot: 3382

x BAHAMAS Early Letters and Handstamps 1833 (23 Apr.) entire letter from Nassau to Spanish Town, Jamaica, rated "4" and "1/3" and showing, on reverse, fine "bahamas" (B1); the contents deals with a missionary´s lucky escape after his vessel was stuck on a reef near Andros Island and his work with "recently liberated Africans". A second writer also tells of problems with liberated slaves. Photo Estimate £ 400-500

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