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Auction: 5021 - France, Featuring the Château Ramezay Collection, Europe & O/seas & B. Empire
Lot: 3444

x BAHAMAS Covers and Cancellations 1879 (20 Sept.) envelope (part flap missing) to Albert Bierstadt (one of America´s foremost painters, who also spent time painting in the Bahamas), New York, bearing 1863-77 CC perf. 14 4d. rose neatly cancelled "A05", showing New York "due/3/u.s. currency" duplex and bearing pre-cancelled U.S. Postage Due 3c. brown, Bahamas c.d.s. and New York "D" duplex on reverse. A rare franking. Photo Estimate £ 600-700Note: The U.S. Postage Due adhesives were issued in 1879 and only used until the Bahamas joined the U.P.U. on 1 July 1880

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£300