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British Commonwealth continued...

Bermuda continued...
LotNo. Symbol CatNo. Lot Description
381   imageBermuda, 1825 (Oct. 8), folded letter entire, from Bermuda to New York, and returned, to William Astwood, care of Tucker & Lauries in New York; hand-carried to Norfolk, VA, with manuscript rate "25" for US internal postage to New York (over 400 miles); upon arrival, forwarded back to Bermuda per Kingfisher to Halifax and thence per HHS Nieman to Bermuda; red Nov 2 Norfolk datestamp on face, Tucker & Lauries forwarding agents oval-framed cachet in red on reverse, Very Fine, a most unusual handling, believed to be unique thus.
Estimate $350 - 500. (Image) (Image2)

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Suggested Bid $350-500
SOLD for $190.00
Will close during Public Auction
382   imageBermuda, 1826 (Mar. 26), folded letter entire, sent Belfast to Warwick, Bermuda, addressed to Mr. William Burgess, Teacher of Sciences; carried by the packet Frolic to Halifax and from there to Bermuda by HM Sloop Rifleman; rated "Foreign 2/7" and "Inland 8" for a total of "3/3" alongside Bermuda "5d" internal charge; face additionally shows Belfast despatch (last two digits of year date inverted) and framed "P. PAID" handstamp; diamond-shaped "27 MR" despatch in red on reverse, Very Fine, a very pretty cover.
Estimate $300 - 400

Believed to be the sole known cover into Bermuda from Ireland at this time, reflecting the difference between Irish and British rates. (Image) (Image2)

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Suggested Bid $300-400
SOLD for $140.00
Will close during Public Auction
383   imageBermuda, 1827 (Aug. 20), double-rate folded letter entire sent Bermuda to Philadelphia, per "Susan Packet/Capt. Steers" at lower left; rated "Sea 8d" (double the 4d rate with no packet carriage) and "39½" [cents] (double 18¾¢ internal rate plus 2¢ ship fee), with straightline "SHIP" handstamp and Annapolis "SEP 8" dater; small stain across address and file fold through edge of datestamp, still Very Fine.
Estimate $1,000 - 1,500

The only cover originating in Bermuda on sub-route 5c—a must for the serious Bermuda or trans-oceanic collector.

Illustrated in Forand and Freeland, Bermuda Mails to 1865, on page 5. (Image) (Image2)

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Suggested Bid $1,000-1,500
SOLD for $550.00
Will close during Public Auction
384   imageBermuda, 1827 (Oct. 31), folded letter entire from Falmouth to Bermuda, "Per Packet" instruction at upper left, the cover carried by the Cygnet (sailed Nov. 10) to Halifax; rated "2/2" (Sterling) and "3/10" (Bermuda currency), with despatch datestamp on reverse, Very Fine, a lovely, clean cover from the second outbound voyage of route 6 (begun October 1827).
Estimate $150 - 200. (Image) (Image2)

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Suggested Bid $150-200
SOLD for $80.00
Will close during Public Auction
385   imageBermuda, 1827 (Dec. 17), folded letter sent Bermuda to Greenwich, front and part-back; carried by Cygnet to Halifax and rated "2/2"; reverse shows light, legible strike of the "Bermuda" fleuron datestamp (PM1) in black, partially overwritten and overstruck by a Jan 24 London arrival dater, Very Fine, the latest of the six recorded examples of the fleuron handstamp in black, from the second return voyage of the recently established route 6, Ex-Morris H. Ludington.
Estimate $300 - 400. (Image) (Image2)

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Suggested Bid $300-400
SOLD for $150.00
Will close during Public Auction
386   imageBermuda, 1828 (Mar. 2), folded letter entire from Bermuda to England via packet, sent to Fishbourne near Chichester via the packet Skylark to Halifax; rated "2/2" and showing on reverse Falmouth "America/AP/11/F" datestamp; splits at top of face panel and central tone mark, Fine to Very Fine, one of only two known strikes of the "America F" datestamp on mail from Bermuda.
Estimate $400 - 600. (Image) (Image2)

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Suggested Bid $400-600
SOLD for $200.00
Will close during Public Auction
387   imageBermuda, 1830 (Mar. 23), folded letter entire sent from Quebec via Halifax to Bermuda, marked "paid to Halifax" at lower left, and showing two fine red Quebec handstamps: "Quebec/PAID" at upper right and Quebec fleuron dater at upper left; Apr. 15 Halifax transit in black below; rated "4½" paid to Halifax, plus Due "1/6" (1/3 to Bermuda plus 3d Sterling = 5d Bermuda currency); inscribed on reverse, "Forwarded by Yours very sincerely/J.M. Tobin/Halifax/15 April"; carried on the packet Frolic to Bermuda, Very Fine, full of character (including a short bookworm trail!), a seldom-seen non-Nova Scotia BNA cover, one of five from Canada.
Estimate $400 - 600. (Image) (Image2)

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Suggested Bid $400-600
SOLD for $550.00
Will close during Public Auction
388   imageBermuda, 1831 (Nov. 1), folded letter entire from Bermuda to London, carried on the re-instated Admiralty Route 6 (effective Oct. 1827-June 1833), from Bermuda Yard per Duke of York to London; rated "2/2" on face, with reverse showing fine St. Georges "BERMUDA" PM2 fleuron datestamp with erroneous "1822" year date in brownish ink, plus MR 13 1832 London arrival in red; two filing creases do not interfere with the markings, Very Fine, a good-looking cover.
Estimate $400 - 600. (Image)

Suggested Bid $400-600
SOLD for $250.00
Will close during Public Auction
389   imageBermuda, 1835 (Nov. 30), Unique rating on folded letter entire from Halifax to Bermuda, with "Ml. Boat Lady Ogle" (sailed Jan. 11) at lower left; rated "1/1½" currency at upper left, comprising "4" Sterling packet (deleted), "7d stg." (1/- currency), plus an extra 1d Sterling (1½d currency) for rural delivery direct to the addressee, Very Fine, one of only two covers known showing the 1d local rate on cover (see elsewhere in the sale for the second, the penny paying for delivery to the Post Office, not the recipient).
Estimate $400 - 600

The extra 1d Sterling fee, established by the Colonial Act of 1835 #13, was rarely used—and rescinded soon thereafter (Colonial Act of 1835 #15). (Image) (Image2)

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Suggested Bid $400-600
SOLD for $250.00
Will close during Public Auction
390   imageBermuda, 1836 (Jan. 1), New Year's Day folded letter entire, sent directly from Bermuda to London, carried aboard the packet Hope (sailed Jan. 22) to Falmouth; rated "2/2" with reverse showing light strike of the "BERMUDA" fleuron datestamp (PM2) and red double-circled British arrival dater (22 FE), Very Fine, believed to be the only example of mail carried directly from Bermuda to England.
Estimate $800 - 1,200

Normally, this cover would have gone via Halifax, but a special direct trip to London was made by the Hope because the November trip of the Star was delayed after being damaged in a gale. The Star's mail was taken to Bermuda by HMS Racehorse (arriving Jan. 22), where it was immediately put aboard the Hope, which set sail the same day, also carrying this letter. Had this not occurred, this letter would not have arrived until March 23. (Image)

Suggested Bid $800-1,200
SOLD for $400.00
Will close during Public Auction
391   imageBermuda, 1838 (Aug. 4), folded letter entire from Guyama, Puerto Rico, to Bermuda, via Baltimore and New York, sent "pr Avalanche" via Baltimore and care of Tucker & Lawries in New York to William & Astwood in Bermuda; rated "77" cents and "10d" (Bermuda 5d internal plus 5d incoming ship rate, both for up to triple-weight); front with red Baltimore AUG 20 dater and straightline "SHIP" handstamps; reverse with blue manuscript "Postage Paid at New York by mail from Baltimore, & forwarded by Your Obed. Tucker & Lawries, New York, 31st Aug. 1838", Very Fine, an unusual item showing the rarely seen multiple 5d Bermuda incoming ship rate.
Estimate $500 - 750

The apparent discrepancy between the Bermuda triple-rate and US quadruple-rate is probably due to a rating error in Bermuda, as the rate should have been 1/3. After 1835, the 5d internal rate was for anything up to three sheets. (Image) (Image2)

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Suggested Bid $500-750
SOLD for $275.00
Will close during Public Auction
392   imageBermuda, 1839 (Sept. 25), first known usage of "Bermuda/Paid" handstamp on cover, to London, folded letter entire "Post Paid" to London per Velocity to Halifax and Star to Falmouth; rated "1/-" (the packet rate having been reduced from 2/2 on Mar. 4, 1839) and showing on reverse a light but legible strike of the very rare "Bermuda/Paid" handstamp in black (P1); light soiling hardly detracts, nearly Very Fine, the earliest known date of use of the Bermuda P1 datestamp, and one of only five known in black.
Estimate $600 - 800. (Image) (Image2)

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Suggested Bid $600-800
SOLD for $325.00
Will close during Public Auction
393   imageBermuda, 1839 (Nov. 20), folded letter entire from Virginia to Bermuda, sent Norfolk to Heron Bay, a small town north of Southampton; rated "25" US internal and "5" Bermuda internal, with despatch dater and two straightline "PAID" handstamps in red on front; sent "care Messrs/Middleton & Co/New York" (manuscript instruction on front), with their forwarding agents cachet in red on reverse, Very Fine and pretty, mail to small towns on the island is very uncommon.
Estimate $300 - 400. (Image) (Image2)

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Suggested Bid $300-400
CLOSED
Will close during Public Auction
394   imageBermuda, 1840 (May 18), folded letter entire, Bermuda to London, Admiralty Route 7, rated "1/-" on face in pen; reverse with St. Georges "BERMUDA" PM2 fleuron dater in brownish partially overstruck by red London arrival datestamp of July 4, Very Fine, a late Route 7 cover (the service ending in June 1840).
Estimate $300 - 400. (Image)

Suggested Bid $300-400
CLOSED
Will close during Public Auction
395   imageBermuda, 1843 (Nov. 20), quadruple-rate cover sent from Bermuda to Great Britain, folded letter to the Hon. J.P. Ward, care of a London forwarder (Harris Farquahar & Co.?) and redirected to Weymouth; sent per Thames on her return trip to Southampton from Mexico, rated "4/-" (deleted) and "4d paid" (internal postage), with Dec. 8 London tombstone dater and "St. James: St." handstamp; reverse, with seal cut away, shows a fine "BERMUDA" fleuron datestamp (PM2) in brownish red, London Dec. 8 and Weymouth Dec. 9 receivers, Very Fine, pretty markings.
Estimate $200 - 300. (Image) (Image2)

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Suggested Bid $200-300
SOLD for $120.00
Will close during Public Auction
396   imageBermuda, 1844 (June 29), folded letter entire sent from New Orleans to Bermuda, inscribed "To be forwarded by the Royal Mail Steamers" at top and "p Corine viâ Nassau" at lower left; from Nassau, transported on the Tay to Warwick, Bermuda; rated "4d" in manuscript and showing, on reverse, largely fine July 26 "NASSAU NEW PROVIDENCE" double-arc datestamp; some soiling, nearly Very Fine, a most unusual origin.
Estimate $200 - 300. (Image) (Image2)

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Suggested Bid $200-300
SOLD for $110.00
Will close during Public Auction
397   imageBermuda, 1845 (May 30), folded letter entire from Mexico City to Genoa, via Bermuda, notated "via Ostend", per Medway all the way to England; face shows various indistinct rate marks, oval-framed "P" in red and JUL 4 London datestamp; indistinct French transit on reverse, Very Fine.
Estimate $300 - 400

An unusual destination requiring Bermuda as a transit point, closed mail not receiving a Bermuda transit marking. (Image) (Image2)

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Suggested Bid $300-400
CLOSED
Will close during Public Auction
398   imageBermuda, 1845 (July 10), Entire sent from Tampico, Mexico, to Havre de Grace, France, via Bermuda, folded letter carried by Trent all the way to Britain, with blue "Franco Santa Anna de Tamaulipas" origin dater in blue, framed "Colonies/&c. Art 12" in red, and red Calais SEPT 9 datestamp, plus manuscript "20" rating on face; red Tampico JY 22 double-arc and SP 8 London daters, plus SEPT 10 Le-Havre receiver in black, Very Fine, a handsome multicolor cover.
Estimate $200 - 300. (Image) (Image2)

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Suggested Bid $200-300
CLOSED
Will close during Public Auction
399   imageBermuda, 1847 (Jan. 15), folded letter entire from Colombia to France, via Bermuda, from Bogota to Paris, per Thames to Santa Martha and per Medway to St. Thomas, Bermuda and Southampton; framed "Colonies/&c. Art 13" overstruck by French entry datestamp in bright red on front; reverse with "Santa Martha" JA 29 double-arc datestamp and red Mar. 10 London transit, Very Fine, believed to be the only St. Martha cover known involving Bermuda.
Estimate $400 - 600. (Image) (Image2)

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Suggested Bid $400-600
CLOSED
Will close during Public Auction
400   imageBermuda, 1847 (Jan. 16), folded letter sent from London to Bermuda, inscribed "p R.M.S. Mail", per Forth to St. Thomas and thence by Medway (returning from the Mexico route) to Bermuda; rated "1/-" in manuscript with London Maltese Cross-shaped PAID despatch on face, Very Fine, a lovely, clean cover.
Estimate $150 - 200. (Image) (Image2)

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Suggested Bid $150-200
CLOSED
Will close during Public Auction

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