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1d - £1 Crown CA set of seven and Multiple Crown CA ½d pale green all overprinted "SPECIMEN" type D12, all fine mint. Also 2½d, 1/- and 5/- with "SPECIMEN" overprint additionally handstamped "ULTRAMAR" in violet, no gum. S.G. £355+. (11). £120-150
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Half Penny value tablet die proof in black on white glazed card, dated "16 FEB. 06", 92x60mm, fine. £100-150
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Mint study including ½d - 1/- Specimen overprints, Crown CA mint sets (2) with additional stamps, Multiple Crown CA ½d - 2½d plate blocks, 2½d with inverted watermark, 6d plate number pair unusually with plate number virtually omitted and plate number strip of three, also photos of Sperati proof and cancels. S.G. £2,000. (107). Photo on Page 98. £300-350
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Crown CA and Multiple Crown CA sets used with some additional stamps and selected cancels, including ½d block of six with "The Ferry Exuma" c.d.s, also Governors Harbour mailbag seal cancel, datestamps of Rum Cay, Hope Town, Watlings, Rock Sound, Tarpum Bay, Cherokee Sound, etc, and a few fiscal cancels. S.G. £750+. (54). Photo on Page 98. £150-200
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1903-13 Covers and picture postcards including 4d and 1/- single frankings on covers to G.B, 6d and 5/- single frankings on covers to Germany, Miami Paquebots (2), local cover franked 1d redirected to Cuba so charged 3c, cover to Montreal with "NOT CALLED FOR" and Ottawa Dead Letter Office c.d.s, etc. Also a cover and postcard from G.B to Nassau, the cover missent to Germany before being forwarded to the Bahamas. (21). £160-200
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1912 Covers (2) and picture postcards (2) all franked 1d, two to the USA, one posted within Nassau, one posted without an address, all handstamped "UNCLAIMED" (Proud I11, recorded 1911-12), the two covers also with circular "ADVERTISED" (I2), two with folds, otherwise fine and unusual. (4). £120-150
| 1911-29 Staircase Issues, S.G. 75-80, 111-114 | |
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1911-19 Multiple Crown CA 3d (both colours) and 5d, 1921-29 1d, 5d, 2/- and 3/- set of four all overprinted or perfined "SPECIMEN", fine mint. Also 1921-29 1d mint (3) showing the three vignette plates, and 1931 air mail cover to G.B bearing 1d, 3d and 5d. S.G. £540. (10 + cover). £120-140
| 1912-19 KGV Multiple Crown CA ½d - £1, S.G. 81-89 | |
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Set of nine overprinted "SPECIMEN" type D12, £1 with broken "M" variety, fine mint, large part original gum. Also 2½d, 4d, 6d, 1/- and £1 overprinted "SPECIMEN", all additionally handstamped "COLONIAS" in violet, no gum, £1 with some colour loss. S.G. £350+. (14). Photo on Page 98. £120-150
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½d - 5/- Mint selection with plate number singles and blocks including 5/- (2, plates 1 and 2), 6d malformed "E" (2), etc., also five covers. (89). £100-120
| 1917 War Tax and War Charity Issues, S.G. 90-105 | |
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1d Staircase stamp overprinted with a Red Cross and "1.1.17" mint (13, two long strokes to "7") and used on four covers, or overprinted "WAR / CHARITY / 3.6.18" Specimen, mint (46), used (3) or used on cover, including mint half sheet of 25, and three lower left corner blocks (with sheet and plate numbers) with watermark upright, reversed or inverted. S.G. 90, 101, £900+. (63 + 5 covers). £200-250
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½d, 1d and 1/- Definitives with War Tax overprints including 1918 (Feb - July) first issue 1/- mint (2) and used, 1913 (July) second issue Specimen stamps, 1d mint with sideways watermark, ½d pane of sixty, set in mint plate blocks and other mint and used blocks, covers (4, one with 1/- block), 1919 third issue with 1/- marginal gutter pair showing both plate numbers 1 and 2, used 1/- blocks (3), covers (4, one with 1/-), etc, also 1d Staircase with forged first type overprint. S.G. £2,300. (223 + 9 covers). £400-500
| 1921-37 KGV Multiple Script CA ½d - £1, S.G. 115-125 | |
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Mint and used study including Specimen stamps (no 2d, £1 with colour loss and no gum), set fine mint with various printings and shades, plate number blocks, pairs and singles, minor varieties, 1d sheets, at least four examples of all values mint, set used (£1 with some colour loss) with additional shades. S.G. £2,600. (480). £300-350764 <\i>A £1 Fine used on piece with 1937 Nassau c.d.s, very good colour. S.G. 125, £425. Photo on Page 94. £100-120
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1924-38 Covers, stamps from ½d to the 1/- value, including James Cistern c.d.s on a commercial cover to USA, 4d pair on registered cover to USA with Health Board Office official cachet, etc. (19). £100-120
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Imperforate ½d in purple and red or purple and blue, both overprinted "SPECIMEN" type DS1, no gum, both with B.P.A Certificates (1984/5). (2). Photo on Page 98. £100-120
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Perf 14 ½d in carmine and black, overprinted "SPECIMEN" type DS1, applied to a piece cut from a sample book numbered "A 121". Photo on Page 104. £100-120
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Perf 14 ½d in purple and black, overprinted "SPECIMEN" type DS1, applied to a piece cut from a sample book numbered "A 123". Photo on Page 104. £100-120
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1920-35 Stamps and covers comprising 1920 Peace Specimen, mint and used sets, covers (5, one with complete set); 1930 Tercentenary Specimen, mint and used sets, covers (3); 1935 Silver Jubilee Specimen, mint and used sets, mint set in plate blocks of four (1½d a pair), First Day Covers (4, one with set, one from Deadmans Cay), other covers bearing the set of four (3) and other mainly commercial covers (10, two express to USA franked 1/2 or 2/-); 1935 8d Specimen, mint and used, covers (8) with Grants Town c.d.s, Miami Paquebot, 1/4 registered express rate to USA. S.G. £1,400+. (82 + 33 covers). £300-400
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1938-52 Definitives with Specimen perfins (10 values), mint set (1938 £1 on thick paper), ½d and 1d shades and printings mint, 1938 First Day Covers (½d - 3d on two covers) and other covers and cards (4); and Landfall of Columbus overprints mint with ½d - 2½d panes of sixty, 6d and 8d sheets of sixty, and covers (4), one registered A.R cover to USA franked 10d, a cover to Canada franked 3/6 with violet circular "CUSTOM HOUSE / NASSAU N.P" endorsed "Appd", also a censored cover from British Honduras. (478 + 11 covers). £150-200
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1937-49 Commemoratives including 1937 Coronation and 1946 Victory Specimen sets, 1948 Tercentenary set mint and used, 5/- imprint block of six, 1948 Royal Wedding £1 mint (6) with imprint strip and plate number pair, F.D.Cs and other covers (10), etc. (197 + 10 covers). £140-160
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1944 German propaganda forgeries of the six G.B ½d - 3d definitives (with additional ½d) all overprinted "LIQUIDATION / OF EMPIRE / BAHAMAS". (7). £80-100
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1948 Tercentenary issue, progressive frame die proof, stage 9 in black die sunk on wove paper, mounted on white card, 144x126mm. £200-240
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1948 Tercentenary issue, final frame die proof in black on white glazed card (88x74mm) with die number "XC 4521" above, mounted on white card numbered "9", 140x100mm. £200-240
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1948 Tercentenary issue, final frame die proof in mauve on wove paper with die number "XC 4521" above, mounted on white card, 166x151mm. £200-240
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1953-64 Mint and used issues with commercial covers (16, values to the 5/-) and F.D.Cs (16), the stamps complete unmounted and used with some additional blocks. (125 + 32 covers). £80-100
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1971 Christmas issue, artwork by Jennifer Toombs comprising preliminary pencil or watercolour drawings (12) and 3c unadopted watercolour design finely painted on board, photographic proofs of stamps or the miniature sheet (10), imperf colour trial proofs on Walsall Security Printers cards (7), imperforate miniature sheet proof in issued colours, the issued stamps (also 11c with inverted watermark), miniature sheet and F.D.C. Also artwork for the Christmas issues of 1972 or 1975 (6) and a signed 1975 F.D.C. A unique group. (37+). £400-600
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Mint and used study with mint blocks of all three stamps, used pair and strip of the 1916 5d, Specimen overprints on the 1917 and 1918 5d, etc., and 1918 5d used for postage on a philatelic cover in 1930. S.G. £700. (45). £120-150
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1916 5d, Variety overprint double, superb mint. With R.P.S Certificate (1987). S.G. S1a, £900. Photo on Page 104. £250-300
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1916 (Sep 14) Cover from Ottawa to The Postmaster at Nassau bearing Canada 2c + 1c War Tax cancelled at Ottawa and Bahamas Special Delivery 5d cancelled at Nassau (Sep 20), arrival backstamp. An early use of the Special Delivery stamp (the earliest cover in the Ludington and "Staircase" collections posted October 12) and rare from Ottawa. 600 Stamps were printed of which 330 were sent to Canada for sale in early 1916 but virtually all were sent to Toronto or Winnipeg, just ten stamps going to Ottawa. Until December 1916 the Bahamas stamps should have been cancelled in Canada; Ottawa handled so few letters they were probably unaware of this. Photo on Page 96. £200-250
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1917 (Jan.) Covers from Toronto to Walter Hess in Nassau with Canada stamps and 1916 Bahamas Special Delivery 5d, one with all stamps cancelled in Toronto, the other with the Canada stamps cancelled in Toronto and the Bahamas stamp correctly cancelled upon arrival in Nassau. (2). £150-200
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1917 (Dec 14) Cover from the USA to Rev. C. Schreiner in Nassau with U.S 3c cancelled at Aberdeen, Miss. and 1917 Bahamas Special Delivery 5d cancelled at Nassau (Feb 11), arrival backstamp, unusual from USA. £100-120
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1918 (June 11) Cover from Toronto to J.A Galbraith in Nassau, Canada 1c + 2c stamps cancelled in Toronto and 1917 Bahamas Special Delivery 5d cancelled at Nassau, arrival backstamp, fine. £80-100
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1929 (May 1) Air Mail cover from Nassau to Walter Hess in Miami franked 1d + 1918 Special Delivery 5d unusually cancelled by the Nassau c.d.s in magenta, a further strike alongside with matching "SPECIAL DELIVERY" handstamp. £100-120
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1881-1934 QV-KGV Stationery specimen, unused and used postcards, envelopes, registration envelopes, postcards and reply cards, mainly QV including 1896 2d size H2 registration envelope to USA bearing three 2½d stamps (1,000 envelopes printed), etc. (71). £150-200
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1938-41 King George VI postcards, 1938 (July 1) 1½d brown card franked 1d to the USA with message stating "First Day of Issue of the first KGVI postcard" (issue date not given in the Bahamas handbook), 1940 2d on 1½d provisional surcharge card unused (very scarce, only about 100 cards believed to be surcharged), 1940 2d grey and 1941 2d brown-red cards overprinted Specimen. (4). £120-150
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World War One. 1916 Stampless O.A.S covers from soldiers in the British West Indies Regt in Egypt sent back to the Bahamas, one to Nassau with Army Post Office SZ12 c.d.s and circular "ADVERTISED" applied upon arrival (Proud I2, later than recorded), the other cover to Inagua with violet "GOVT HOSPITAL / ALEXANDRIA" and "ON FIELD SERVICE", Alexandria and arrival datestamps, endorsed "From Percy A. Hanna, 2498 (2) B.W.I Regiment". Also 1918 censored cover from Nassau franked QV 1d (2), enclosed letter from Walter Hess stating he has accepted a Commission in the A.E.F. (3). £100-150
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Official Mail. 1915-44 Stampless covers to G.B with the three different types of "PAID / AT / BAHAMAS" crowned circle used on official mail, 1915 registered cover signed by the Commandant with Proud type PD2 handstamp, 1943 cover with "R.A.F STATION No. 111 / OFFICIAL MAIL / NASSAU BAHAMAS" and PD 6 handstamp, and 1944 registered cover with oval "CHIEF CENSOR / NOV 29 1944 / BAHAMAS" and scarce single ring PD5 handstamp (recorded by Proud for 1933-36 only). (3). £100-150
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Official Mail. 1931-85 Mainly stampless covers including "PAID / AT / BAHAMAS" crowned circles, type PD2 (2, 1931-37) or PD6 (10, 1940-50), later covers with Nassau Official Paid c.d.s, Postage Paid rubber datestamps (9, two types) or machine (15, three types), various official cachets including "R.A.F STATION No.111 / OFFICIAL MAIL / NASSAU BAHAMAS" (3, 1943-45), etc. (37). £120-180
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Duke of Windsor. 1941-43 Stampless covers with oval "GOVERNMENT HOUSE / BAHAMAS" and "PAID / AT / BAHAMAS" crowned circle type PD6 (2), one to the Chairman of The British Council in London initialled "E" in the lower corner by the Duke of Windsor. Also a Christmas card from Sir Bede Clifford (former Governor who assisted the Duke of Windsor during the war) and his wife with the royal arms on the front, a picture of the new swimming pool at Government House inside, with a large crown over "ERI" on the bottom of the pool. (3). £100-150
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Post Office Mail. 1913-53 Covers and cards with 1913-21 G.P.O Nassau envelopes (4) registered to G.B or USA franked 3d (with scarce oval "Registered / No.", Proud R4, only recorded in 1921), 4d or 1/- in stamps, or stampless (unusually without any Paid handstamp), 1951 card with Paid crowned circle type PD6 and 1953 cover with 6d cancelled by Official Paid c.d.s, 1933 Returned Letter Branch cover and 1943-44 Money Order Advice envelopes (2). Also 1933 telegram form with "WEST END / TELEGRAPHS" c.d.s, and 1966 telegram envelope with enclosed form. (11). £140-160
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1940 (June 27) Long registered cover to New York endorsed "Transpacific Clipper via India - Hong Kong - USA", the 8r2a6p rate paid by nine stamps comprising KGV 4a (2), KGVI 1a, 2a, 3a6p, 12a, 1r and 5r, Bahrain and Hong Kong censor cachets, backstamped at Hong Kong, Honolulu and New York. A scarce clipper cover. Photo on Page 96. £300-350
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c.1940-41 Covers sent by Pan-Am trans-Pacific clipper franked 3r1a or 2r15a6p, with the violet cachet "Via B.O.A.C to Auckland / Pan American Airways / to Sanfrancisco" or "Via Air Mail / INDIA-AUCKLAND / & USA", censored in India, two unusual and scarce routing cachets. (2). £200-250
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1940-45 Censored covers with 1941 (Aug 23) trans-Pacific clipper cover to USA franked 2r15a6p, cover franked 14a to Iraq with fine Bahrain censor cachet, cover franked 11a with seven stamps cancelled by red "POST / OFFICE / MARITIME / MAIL" machine and a naval censor, also covers franked 8a to South Africa or 2a6p to India. (5). £250-300
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1916 (Nov 15) Stampless cover from a P.O.W in Barbados to the German Consulate in San Francisco, with violet circular "POST FREE / P.C. / PRISONERS OF WAR" and a Barbados c.d.s, fine and scarce. Photo on Page 96. £200-250
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1890 (Mar 11) Cover from Mafeking to London bearing 1888 6d on 6d, an uncommon stamp on cover. Photo on Page 96. £240-280
| BELGIUM
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1701-1859 Entire letters including 1794-1814 French Occupation period (34), various town handstamps, a few ingoing letters, also two 1687-90 letters from Cadiz or Paris to St. Malo. (60). £400-500
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1865-1903 1d - 1/- Mint and used selection with 1d inverted watermark (creased) and 1d inverted "Q" flaw both unused without gum, 2d used (16), 3d yellow-buff mint (creased) and 3d used (8, both shades), 6d dull purple used (2), 6d dull mauve watermark inverted used, 1/- mint or unused (6), 1/- used (16, one with inverted watermark but thinned), etc. Also imperforate 1d with B.P.A Certificate stating, "cut down from a perforated stamp", and imperforate 3d, possibly a plate proof but offered "as-is". S.G. 1/8. (81) £200-250
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1865-1903 1d Rose-red and 2d dull blue blocks of four, a few split perfs, 2d with minor toning, otherwise fine mint. S.G. 1, 3, £2,600. (2 Blocks). Photo on Page 100. £300-400
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1873 Covers to London "via Halifax" franked 1/-, cancelled by Hamilton c.d.s or "2" numeral, one stamp with trimmed perfs at left, otherwise largely fine. (2). £150-180
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1875 (Oct 27) Cover to London "via New York", the double rate paid by 2d dull blue + 1/-, light numeral cancels with Hamilton and red London Paid datestamps on the front. A couple of opening tears to upper edge, otherwise fine and a scarce double rate cover. £120-150803 <\i>) A <\i>1876-83 Covers (8) and a front to the USA (7) or Canada (2) franked 3d (2), 2d (5) or 2½d (2) rates, two with minor edge faults or side flaps removed, otherwise fine. (9). £350-450
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1874-75 Surcharges used comprising 3d on 1/- (all three types, all with faults, one repaired), 1d on 3d (2) and 1d on 1/-, the 1d surcharges all fine. S.G. 12/14, 16/17, £3,350. (6). £150-200
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