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Cat. Value or Suggested Bid (S.B.)

101

15 MARCH 1902 / Originating from Aliwal North, Cape of Good Hope, this remarkable Boer War ‘mourning’ cover was sent to Bermuda, franked with a ½d (SG 58) overlapping the left stamp of a pair of 1d (SG 69), tied by ‘ALIWAL NORTH’ cds and struck with purple ‘PASSED PRESS / J.C.C. / CENSOR’ handstamps. The only Bermuda marking is the manuscript ‘Burtts’ indicating the addressee, G. J. Van Riet, had moved from Hawkins Island by the time of arrival.

Hawkins, which held many women and children, is far scarcer in surviving mail than Darrell’s. Van Riet arrived aboard the Montrose (17 January 1902), the final and largest transport of Boer prisoners. His voyage notebook remains with his family today. A compelling and rare example of correspondence connected with Hawkins Island, among the least-documented of Bermuda’s POW camps. Slight tear on bottom right corner. Fine to Very Fine. Est: $100-$120 (Image) (image2) (All Images)

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102

JULY 1902 / This Bermuda POW cover was sent locally from Mr. Hauptfleish to Mr. L. C. M. Wegerif, franked with 1d (SG 24). Wegerif, formerly a POW and senior Boer teacher on Burt’s Island, had by then been transferred to Darrell’s Island. With the war having ended roughly seven weeks earlier, no censor mark was applied. By late July, repatriation was underway and camps were beginning to empty. Hauptfleish, a Boer commandant on Burt’s Island, acted as intermediary in redirecting the letter, making this an evocative example of Bermuda POW correspondence during the transition from internment to return home. Fine to Very Fine. Est: $80-$90 (Image) (image2) (All Images)

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103

12 FEBRUARY 1902 / Sent from Hamilton, Bermuda to St. Helena. This notable Boer War inter-camp cover is franked with 1d (SG 23) and struck with a crisp ‘HAMILTON / BERMUDA’ SOTN cds, with ‘LONDON / FE 12 / 02’ transit on the reverse. Addressed to the Broad Bottom Camp, one of the earliest and largest POW facilities on St. Helena, it bears a blue double-ring ‘PRISONER OF WAR / PASSED CENSOR / BERMUDA’ handstamp tying the stamp to the addressee.

A highly desirable example connecting two major centers of Boer War internment through postal history. Fine to Very Fine. Est: $175-$200 (Image) (image2) (All Images)

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Bermuda

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Descrip

Cat. Value or Suggested Bid (S.B.)

104

9 MAY 1906 / Orange River Colony to Bermuda. Envelope sent from Hoopstad, Orange River Colony, to Hamilton, Bermuda, possibly from a former POW interned in Bermuda during the Boer War. Addressed to Helen May Outerbridge, likely related to Anna Marie Outerbridge (leading figure and a passionate advocate for the Boer War prisoners). Franked with ½d Embossed Envelope uprated with ½d (SC 61), tied by ‘Hoopstad 19 MY 06 O.R.C.’ cds and H5 Bailey’s Bay cancel. Reverse bears purple ‘WITH P.L. MADER’S COMPLIMENTS’ handstamp and ‘Hamilton 23 JU 1906’ H7 cds. A rare Boer War-era Bermuda correspondence with intriguing provenance. Fine to Very Fine. Est: $100-$125 (Image) (image2) (All Images)

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105

2 MAY 1814 / Halifax, Nova Scotia to Bermuda via HMS Espoir. Stampless letter with a black ‘HALIFAX / 2MY2 / 1814’ postmark, and received by Mr. Benjamin Charles Gray on 13 June 1814. No visible postage fee. Carried aboard the Royal Navy brig-sloop Espoir, a Cruizer-class vessel launched in 1804 that saw extensive service during the Napoleonic Wars, mostly in the Mediterranean. A fine early naval carriage to Bermuda during the closing phase of the War of 1812 period. Fine to Very Fine Est: $125-$150 (Image) (image2) (All Images)

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106

2 SEPTEMBER 1823 / London to Bermuda via Falmouth and Halifax. Sent stampless from London and carried from Falmouth to Halifax by the packet Lord Sidmouth, then forwarded to Bermuda aboard HMS Argus. The packet rate from London to Bermuda (via Halifax) was 2s 2d sterling; once converted to Bermuda currency at the customary 50% premium and combined with inland delivery charges, the amount due became 3s 8d.

Double-ring ‘? 1823’ datestamp on reverse. A well-documented example of mid-19th-century transatlantic packet routing and Bermuda’s distinctive currency conversion practices. Fine to Very Fine. Est: $100-$125 (Image) (image2) (All Images)

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107

23 JULY 1824 / Bermuda to Norfolk, England. Stampless letter carried aboard the schooner Aetna, which departed Bermuda on 23 July 1824, bearing a red ‘SHIP’ handstamp on the front. Written by Thomas Stowe, who, together with his brother, owned several vessels engaged in Atlantic trade, including the Aetna herself. A straightforward example of early 19th-century merchant-ship carriage from Bermuda to the U.K., tied directly to a locally prominent shipping family. Est: $50-$60 (Image) (image2) (All Images)

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108

8 APRIL 1824 / Edinburgh to Bermuda via London, Falmouth, and Halifax. The cover shows the black Scottish ‘Add ½d’ road-toll handstamp applied in Edinburgh, along with the Bermuda Postmaster’s calculation of charges, the reverse has a red ‘JAN W 11 A 1824’ postmark. After traveling south through London and on to Falmouth, it was carried on the packet route to Halifax and then forwarded to Bermuda aboard HMS Dotterell, arriving at St. George’s.

The composite rate reflects the inl and postage from Edinburgh to Falmouth, the Scottish road tax, the packet fee from Falmouth to Bermuda, the required conversion into Bermuda currency, and the local inland charge, an excellent illustration of the complex, multi-layered rating system applied to early transatlantic mail. Fine to Very Fine. Est: $150-$175 (Image) (image2) (All Images)

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109

31 DECEMBER 1827 / Bermuda to London. This letter, written by Archdeacon Aubrey Spencer, was mailed at the Charing Cross Receiving House and marked with a black manuscript ‘2’ due handstamp on the front, with the Westminster Office datestamp on the reverse. Spencer later became the first Bishop of Bermuda and Newfoundland, and in 1844 was appointed Bishop of Jamaica, where he was known for his commitment to education and charitable work.

The cover is slightly tattered, with a piece removed from the back, but remains a sound and appealing example of early correspondence from a significant Anglican figure in the Atlantic and Caribbean. Fine to Very Fine. Est: $70-$90 (Image) (image2) (All Images)

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110

7 NOVEMBER 1839 / London to Bermuda. Sent via the packet Hope, which departed Falmouth on 9 November and was subsequently transferred to the Margaret at Halifax for the final leg to Bermuda, arriving 3 January 1840. The front bears a red ‘PAID L.S. / 7 NO 7 / 1839’ Maltese Cross.

In 1839 the packet rate from London to Bermuda had just been reduced from 2s/2d to 1s, while the 5d Bermuda inland fee applied to letters delivered west of the Ferry. A well-routed example showing the transitional packet rates and local delivery charges of the period. Fine to Very Fine. Est: $125-$150 (Image) (image2) (All Images)

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111

9 MAY 1840(?) / Devonshire, England to Bermuda. The only dating appears inside the flap of this small cover (115mm x 65mm) reading ‘REC’D 9th May at Hamilton by R.J.P. Darrell’ Darrell was already active in public life by 1840, having been appointed to the newly formed Board of Works, and since handstamps for local mail came into use shortly afterward, the cover is most likely from around 1840.

The salutation ‘To Monsieur’ suggests the writer was Louis Griset, a vestry clerk in Devonshire who had recently arrived from France to teach at Devonshire College in 1837. An appealing early incoming letter connected to two well-documented Bermuda figures of the period. Fine to Very Fine. Est: $40-$60 (Image) (image2) (image3) (All Images)

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112

19 FEBRUARY 1840 / Bermuda to London via New York. Entered the mails at Portsmouth with a red ‘SHIP LETTER PORTSMOUTH’ handstamp and forwarded through Middleton & Co., New York. It arrived in London on 2 April 1840, rated at the 8d ship-letter fee (effective 1840), clearly shown by the large manuscript ‘8’ Pre-stamp Bermuda covers routed through New York are notably uncommon, and this example neatly illustrates the early transatlantic forwarding network just months before the advent of the Penny Post. Fine to Very Fine. Est: $70-$90 (Image) (image2) (All Images)

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113

2 MAY 1840 / Bermuda to London via New York, carried on the Gladiator and forwarded by Middleton & Co,. Entered England as a shipletter with the rate of 8d (effective 1840), identified by the red ‘PORTSMOUTH SHIP LETTER’ handstamp. Forwarded on to London, where it arrived 18 June 1840.

Early Bermuda transatlantic covers with clear Portsmouth Ship Letter markings are not frequently seen, and this example neatly documents the Bermuda–New York–Portsmouth routing in the first months of the Penny Post era. Fine to Very Fine. Est: $70-$90 (Image) (image2) (All Images)

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114

3 JUNE 1840 / London to Bermuda via New York. The enclosed letter with the Bermuda ship letter rate of 5d, and notes the additional 5d inland fee between St. George’s and Hamilton. The sender paid a full 10d accordingly. Although the carrying vessel remains unidentified, the cover offers valuable insight into early Bermuda postal accounting and the interplay between ship-letter fees and local inland postage. Fine to Very Fine. Est: $60-$70 (Image) (image2) (All Images)

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115

5 FEBRUARY 1841 / Bermuda to London via Halifax. Carried from Bermuda on 5 February 1841 by the mail boat Roseway, one of the small sailing vessels employed on the Bermuda–Halifax route from 1834 to 1848 before steam service replaced them. Transferred at Halifax to the Cunard steamer Columbia, which departed for Liverpool on 4 March. The Columbia, later wrecked at Halifax in 1843, was the first and only Cunard transatlantic steamship lost during the line’s first three decades of service. The reverse has a light, black Bermuda fleuron PM 2 and red circle with Maltese cross ‘17 MR 17 / 1841’ handstamp. Fine to Very Fine. Est: $100-$125 (Image) (image2) (All Images)

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116

23 MAY 1841 / Direct from Bermuda to London. Carried by the Falcon, this letter entered the London mails as a Ship Letter, showing the red ‘SHIP LETTER’ and ‘J 23 JU 23 / 1841’ circular handstamp, and was charged the standard 8d rate. The Bermuda Royal Gazette of 25 May announced: ‘The Brigantine Falcon, Capt. Pitt, will positively sail this day for London, G.B.’, a contemporary notice that aligns neatly with the cover’s recorded routing. Fine to Very Fine. Est: $80-$100 (Image) (image2) (All Images)

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117

5 JULY 1843 / Kingston, Jamaica to Bermuda. Backstamped ‘KINGSTON / JY 7 / 1843 / JAMAICA’, with a large manuscript ‘4’ on the front and black, broken-circle ‘KINGSTON / JY 7 1843 / JAMAICA’ on the reverse, this copy of De Cordoba’s Mercantile Intelligencer dated 5 July 1843 reached Bermuda aboard the RMS Avon, the wooden paddle-wheel steamer then serving the West Indies–Bermuda route.

Launched in 1842 with a crew of 94, the Avon was among the early Royal Mail steam packets operating in the Caribbean until her retirement in 1862. A fine example of printed matter carried by the emerging RMS steam network connecting Jamaica and Bermuda. Fine to Very Fine. Est: $60-$80 (Image) (image2) (All Images)

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118

23 MARCH 1846 / London to Bermuda. Stampless letter carried by the mail boat Lady Ogle, Capt. Samson, making an exceptionally fast 4½-day passage from Halifax and arriving at St. George’s on 23 March. The cover bears a black oval ‘I / MR 3 / C’ on the front and red ‘LS / 2 MR 2 / 1846’ Maltese Cross backstamp, illustrating a well-documented mid-1840s transatlantic routing to Bermuda. Fine to Very Fine. Est: $70-$90 (Image) (image2) (All Images)

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119

11 JULY 1846 / Antigua to Hamilton, Bermuda. The letter refers to two enclosed documents, which would have definitely raised the weight above ½ ounce and triggered the 8d charge, double the single-letter rate. Posted at Antigua on 11 July 1846, it traveled by Royal Mail Steam Packet inter-island service to St. Thomas, where it was transferred to the RMSP packet Avon for carriage onward to Bermuda.

A well-routed example of mid-1840s West Indies mail showing the interplay between local packet networks and the mainline steam service. Fine to Very Fine. Est: $150-$175 (Image) (image2) (All Images)

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120

25 JUNE 1847 / London to Bermuda via Liverpool and Halifax. Carried to Bermuda by the mail boat Margaret, Capt. Pickering, completing the Halifax–Bermuda run in 8½ days. This small (90mm x 50mm) cover bears manuscript ‘Pre-Paid,’ a black oval ‘I MY 27 C,’ and a red ‘PAID L.S. / MAY 1847’ Maltese Cross handstamp on the front. A neat and compact example of late 1840s packet mail reaching Bermuda via the Margaret’s well-documented service. Fine to Very Fine. Est: $60-$80 (Image) (image2) (All Images)

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