1840 Missionary letter from S. Simons at Rock Sound to the Methodist centre in London, with "BAHAMAS" straight-line hand stamp (Ludington type B4) on top backflap which opens to display, with 1/- manuscript rate, arrival bs, an exceptionally fine strike of this rare hs, one of only five examples reported to exist in private hands
Provenance: Ex Stitt and Wood (Image)
Opening GBP 1,000.00
Sold...GBP 950.00
Closed..Jun-30-2020, 23:59:00 EST
Sold For 950
Sale No: 2004
Lot No: 30962
Symbol: F
1844 Entire to the Anti-Slavery Society in London, with content relating to attempts by the Provost-Marshal of Florida to recover fugitive slaves, rated 1/- in manuscript with straight-line "BAHAMAS" in watery brownish ink (Ludington Type B1 - used to confirm pre-payment), reverse with NASSAU-NEW-PROVIDENCE MR 14 1844 cds, sent not long after the Packet Office moved to Nassau, fine
Provenance: Ex Manning and Solomon (Image)
Opening GBP 320.00
Sold...GBP 320.00
Closed..Jun-30-2020, 23:59:00 EST
Sold For 320
Sale No: 2004
Lot No: 30967
Symbol: C,P
1859 1d Brown-Lake plate proof, mint og left marginal, very fine
Provenance: Ex Ludington (when in a pair) (Image)
Opening GBP 300.00
Sold...GBP 300.00
Closed..Jun-30-2020, 23:59:00 EST
Sold For 300
Sale No: 2004
Lot No: 30970
Symbol: C
Cat No: 7
1861-62 1d Lake, no watermark, with trial perf 11 to 12.5, mint horizontal pair partially perforated (imperforate between), very fine
Provenance: Ex Staircase and Vestey
Expertise: Photocopy of cert. BPA (1961) (Image)
Opening GBP 1,000.00
Sold...GBP 1,100.00
Closed..Jun-30-2020, 23:59:00 EST
Sold For 1100
Sale No: 2004
Lot No: 30971
Symbol: J,DCE
Cat No: 19
1862 No Wmk 6d lavender-grey BLOCK OF FOUR, unused, perfs more or less clipped on all sides, still an extraordinarily rare multiple (SG £13'000)
Provenance: Ex Staircase (April 1999 lot 171) (Image)
Opening GBP 2,400.00
Sold...GBP 2,600.00
Closed..Jun-30-2020, 23:59:00 EST
Sold For 2600
Sale No: 2004
Lot No: 30973
Symbol: DCE,P
1863 Wmk CC 1d imperforate plate proof carmine-lake, watermark inverted, no gum, fine
Provenance: Ex Ludington (Image)
Opening GBP 220.00
Sold...GBP 220.00
Closed..Jun-30-2020, 23:59:00 EST
Sold For 220
Sale No: 2004
Lot No: 30975
Symbol: C
Cat No: 26
1863-77 Wmk CC 4d bright rose perf.12.5 mint showing flaw below earring variety, fine
Provenance: Ex Hoey (Image)
Opening GBP 200.00
Sold...GBP 320.00
Closed..Jun-30-2020, 23:59:00 EST
Sold For 320
Sale No: 2004
Lot No: 30977
Symbol: C
Cat No: 34
1863-77 Wmk CC 1d Scarlet (aniline) perf.14 mint (with light wrinkles as usual), fine (SG £1'000)
Expertise: Cert. RPS (1991) (Image)
Opening GBP 300.00
Sold...GBP 300.00
Closed..Jun-30-2020, 23:59:00 EST
Sold For 300
Sale No: 2004
Lot No: 30978
Symbol: C
Cat No: 35
1863-77 Wmk CC 4d rose perf.14 mint, light gum bend otherwise fine (SG £400)
Provenance: Ex Staircase (Image)
Opening GBP 100.00
Sold...GBP 140.00
Closed..Jun-30-2020, 23:59:00 EST
Sold For 140
Sale No: 2004
Lot No: 30979
Symbol: C
Cat No: 35
1863-77 Wmk CC 4d rose perf.14 mint, fine (SG £400)
Provenance: Ex Staircase (Image)
Opening GBP 100.00
Sold...GBP 150.00
Closed..Jun-30-2020, 23:59:00 EST
Sold For 150
Sale No: 2004
Lot No: 30980
Symbol: C
Cat No: 37
1863-77 Wmk CC 4d rose-lake perf.14 showing RE-ENTRY (noticeable in the letters of BAHAMAS), mint part og, fine (SG £450+)
Provenance: Ex Ludington (Image)
Opening GBP 100.00
Sold...GBP 110.00
Closed..Jun-30-2020, 23:59:00 EST
Sold For 110
Sale No: 2004
Lot No: 30981
Symbol: P
Cat No: 38 var.
1863 1s Die Proof in black on glazed card of the finished design, very fine and scarce
Provenance: Ex Austin (Image)
Opening GBP 500.00
Sold...GBP 500.00
Closed..Jun-30-2020, 23:59:00 EST
Sold For 500
Sale No: 2004
Lot No: 30982
Symbol: F
1871 (Nov 11) Envelope to the USA with 4d rose perf.12.5 tied by "A05" numeral with N.Y. STEAMSHIP cds alongside with Helena arrival below along with "NOT FOUND", "ADVERTISED" and "UNCLAIMED" hs, reverse with Dead Letter Office cds and Panama transit, attractive usage (Image)
Opening GBP 200.00
Sold...GBP 200.00
Closed..Jun-30-2020, 23:59:00 EST
Sold For 200
Sale No: 2004
Lot No: 30984
Symbol: C
Cat No: 45
1883 FOURPENCE on 6d deep violet type 4 surcharge mint large part og horizontal pair, with lovely fresh colour, minor separation at top but very scarce as a multiple and with the surcharge neatly applied away from the portraits, very fine (SG £1'100)
Provenance: Ex Hall 1964; Staircase (Spink April 1999 lot 268)
Expertise: Cert. BPA cert (1991) (Image)
Opening GBP 600.00
Sold...GBP 550.00
Closed..Jun-30-2020, 23:59:00 EST
Sold For 550
Sale No: 2004
Lot No: 30985
Symbol: P
1884 Master die proof in black on glazed card (92x60mm), endorsed "AFTER HARDENING" and dated "5 MAR 84", initialled GN, a very rare and important proof
Provenance: Ex Dale Lichtenstein (Sept 1990 lot 41, sold for $3'300) and Staircase (April 1999 lot 283, sold for 2470 pounds) (Image)
Opening GBP 900.00
Sold...GBP 900.00
Closed..Jun-30-2020, 23:59:00 EST
Sold For 900
Sale No: 2004
Lot No: 30987
Symbol: A
1887 Jubilee handpainted 2 1/2d essays for Trinidad and Bahamas, each on tracing paper and affixed to piece of light lined card, the former (A) executed in light blue with TRINIDAD POSTAGE and portrait surround in Chinese white, the latter (B) in pink with some scroll details and portrait surround in Chinese white with the value tablet reading 37 2 1/2d 87 to signify the Jubilee, an attractive and unique pair
Provenance: Ex Vestey (Dec 2014 lot 181) (Image)
Opening GBP 2,000.00
Sold...GBP 3,200.00
Closed..Jun-30-2020, 23:59:00 EST
Sold For 3200
Sale No: 2004
Lot No: 30988
Symbol: P
1902 Master die proof in black on glazed card (92x60mm), endorsed "AFTER HARDENING" and dated "23 JUL 02", initialled GCG, very fine nd rare
Provenance: Ex Ludington (Image)
Opening GBP 600.00
Sold...GBP 550.00
Closed..Jun-30-2020, 23:59:00 EST
Sold For 550
Sale No: 2004
Lot No: 30989
Symbol: C,S
Cat No: 70s var.
1902-10 £1 Green & Black with "SPECIMEN" overprint showing the constant variety "broken M" (pos. 41 of the setting), mint og (faintly yellowish gum), fine appearance and one of only 12 possible examples (Image)
Opening GBP 100.00
Sold...GBP 100.00
Closed..Jun-30-2020, 23:59:00 EST
Sold For 100
Sale No: 2004
Lot No: 30990
Symbol: F
1903ca Picture postcard with 1902-03 KEVII 1d carmine tied by oval "HAMBURG-AMERICAN-LINE / ATLAS SERVICE / Posted on High Seas / S.S.PRINZ AUG.WILHELM." cachet in violet, fine (Image)
Opening GBP 80.00
Sold...GBP 80.00
Closed..Jun-30-2020, 23:59:00 EST
Sold For 80
Sale No: 2004
Lot No: 30991
Symbol: C,P
1920 Peace 1/2d set of three imperforate colour trials on gummed (lightly mounted) wmk multi CA sideways paper, in bistre, olive-brown and myrtle-green. The first two unaccepted but the latter adopted for the 1s value, a scarce set
Provenance: Ex Hoey (Image)
Opening GBP 800.00
Sold...GBP 800.00
Closed..Jun-30-2020, 23:59:00 EST
Sold For 800
Sale No: 2004
Lot No: 30992
Symbol: P
Cat No: 106 var.
1920 Peace 1/2d imperforate plate proof in orange on piece with ms "1/-" at lef, unobtrusive vertical crease at left,attractive proof
Provenance: Ex Vestey (Image)
Opening GBP 260.00
Sold...GBP 260.00
Closed..Jun-30-2020, 23:59:00 EST
Sold For 260
Sale No: 2004
Lot No: 30993
Symbol: P
Cat No: 109 var.
1920 Peace 3d imperforate plate proof on gummed wmk paper in issued colour, streaky gum which has led to light overall toning, scarce
Provenance: Ex Charles Freeland (Image)
Opening GBP 260.00
Sold...GBP 260.00
Closed..Jun-30-2020, 23:59:00 EST
Sold For 260
Sale No: 2004
Lot No: 30994
Symbol: P
Cat No: 110 var.
1920 Peace 1s imperforate plate proof on gummed wmk paper in issued colour, streaky gum which has led to light overall toning, scarce
Provenance: Ex Charles Freeland (Image)
Opening GBP 260.00
Sold...GBP 260.00
Closed..Jun-30-2020, 23:59:00 EST
Sold For 260
Sale No: 2004
Lot No: 30998
Symbol: H
Cat No: 144h
1935 Silver Jubilee 1s with variety "dot by flagstaff", Nassau cds, tiny brown mark above "1910-1935" otherwise fine, scarce used (SG £400)
Provenance: Ex "Caerynn" (Image)
Opening GBP 100.00
Sold...GBP 130.00
Closed..Jun-30-2020, 23:59:00 EST
Sold For 130
Sale No: 2004
Lot No: 30999
Symbol: H,J
Cat No: 149eb
1938-52 1/2d Brown-Purple with St. Edwards Crown WATERMARK ERROR on the top right stamp (which shows the majority of the error) in used block of four with Nassau cds, looks to re-attached between top and bottom pairs, a very rare variety (SG £3'000+)
Provenance: Ex Charles Freeland (Image)
Opening GBP 1,200.00
Sold...GBP 1,300.00
Closed..Jun-30-2020, 23:59:00 EST
Sold For 1300
Sale No: 2004
Lot No: 31003
Symbol: P
1948 Eleuthera die proof of the frame without King's head, in brown on wove paper affixed to card (56x40mm), only four such coloured proofs recorded without the Kings head (in brown, grey, purple and a full size one in green) by Freeland, scarce
Provenance: Ex Charles Freeland (Image)
Opening GBP 320.00
Sold...GBP 320.00
Closed..Jun-30-2020, 23:59:00 EST
Sold For 320
Sale No: 2004
Lot No: 31005
Symbol: CC,J
Cat No: 210 var.
1954-63 10d Black & ultramarine complete sheet of 60 showing PARTIALLY MISSING BLUE affecting R9-10/6, caused by paper fold resulting in 80% loss of frame of corner stamp, incl. right value tablet, AMAS of BAHAMAS and 20% of frame of R9/6 (inc right value tablet), mint nh, with full margins showing 03671 sheet number imprint and 1a 1a plate numbers, a spectacular showpiece
Expertise: Cert. RPS (1968) (Image)
Opening GBP 1,200.00
Sold...GBP 1,200.00
Closed..Jun-30-2020, 23:59:00 EST
Sold For 1200
Sale No: 2004
Lot No: 31006
Symbol: CC
Cat No: 223a
1963 Freedom from Hunger 8d sepia with NAME AND VALUE OMITTED, mint nh, very fine and rare with only 36 known (SG £1'200)
Note: The stamp was printed in one colour but two plates were used; one for the general design and background and the other for the value and country name. A pane of 60 was affected by the error and was purchased in Nassau at the time of issue for use on mail of the Royal Palm and Cottages Hotel at Coral Sands. The error was only spotted after a number of stamps had been used as postage. The discoverer kept the remainder of the pane hidden until the issue was withdrawn. Stanley Gibbons subsequently acquired what was left a block of 36 (the bottom six rows) and displayed it at London Stampex between 13 and 21 March 1964. (Image)
