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Bermuda continued...
LotNo. Symbol CatNo. Lot Description
421   imageBermuda, 1861 (Sept. 12), folded letter entire from London to Hamilton, Bermuda, via New York, routing inscription at upper left; transported by Persia to New York and Brig Penguin to Bermuda, bearing a wing-margin 6d lilac of 1855-57, tied by London "87" duplex; underpaid by 3d with "Insufficiently/Stamped" handstamp at upper left completed for 6d including 3d for "Half fine", the manuscript "6" figure deleted upon arrival and replaced by "9d" in blue crayon to include Bermuda's share of the fine, with "2" in red crayon, Very Fine, the earliest of the three recorded covers by the Transatlantic Closed Mail Route #5, and the earlier of the two that were underpaid.
Estimate $800 - 1,200. (Image) (Image2)

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Suggested Bid $800-1,200
SOLD for $400.00
Will close during Public Auction
422   imageBermuda, 1862 (Dec. 26), Oldfield Correspondence cover sent from Ireland Isle, Bermuda, to London, via Cunard's Merlin to Halifax and their Europa to Liverpool; front bearing manuscript "paid" notation at upper right along with red "6d" and Crowned Double-circle "Paid/at/Ireland Isle, Bermuda" handstamps; reverse bears Boxing Day Ireland-Isle dater in black, along with red London JA 19/63 receiver; complete with enclosure, the contents confirming that Oldfield's Commanding Officer has granted him permission to leave the island, and that he may return to England on the French ship then in port, Very Fine, other than the Crowned Circle strike known from 1864, this is the last recorded date of use of this handstamp, Ex-Morris H. Ludington, Geoffrey Osborn.
Estimate $2,000 - 3,000. (Image) (Image2)

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Suggested Bid $2,000-3,000
SOLD for $1,300.00
Will close during Public Auction
423   imageBermuda, 1863 (Jan. 22), mourning cover sent from Ireland Island to Campobello Island, New Brunswick, from Royal Navy Midshipman John Hemery Robinson to his mother, carried by Delta to Halifax and showing a fine, nearly full strike of the previously unrecorded American-style 32mm "Paid at Ireland Island/Bermuda" circular datestamp with locally made handstruck "6d" (the latest recorded date of use) at upper right, both in red, the latter in error and crossed through in blue crayon and replaced with manuscript "4" in red, the correct pre-paid rate to Nova Scotia while in transit to New Brunswick; on arrival in Halifax, the cover was handstamped "More to Pay" (the 4d charge for the sea postage only), with "5/cents" handstamp and manuscript "5" in blue crayon; reverse with Jan. 22 Ireland Island and Jan. 24 St. Georges PM5 datestamps, date-unclear St. John and Feb. 2 arrivals, Very Fine, a remarkable cover, discovered in family correspondence only in the mid-1990s.
Estimate $12,000 - 18,000

Geoffrey Osborn provided evidence confirming purchase of an Ireland Island Paid datestamp—at a cost of £1/19/6d—in records for the year ending October 1863.

For information on this cover, see "An Unrecorded 'PAID AT IRELAND ISLAND' datestamp" by Denis Littlewort in Bermuda Post (Sept. 1995, Dec. 1999 and Sept. 2000). See also Forand and Freeland, Bermuda Mails to 1865. (Image) (Image2)

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Suggested Bid $12,000-18,000
SOLD for $9,000.00
Will close during Public Auction
424   imageBermuda, 1863 (Feb. 23), entire from the Gray correspondence, sent Bermuda to London, lovely blue folded letter, sent per Alpha to Halifax and thence per Cunard Canada to Liverpool; rated "1/-" in bright red crayon and showing Crowned Circle "Paid/at/Hamilton Bermuda" handstamp (SG #CC3, from £4000 on cover) twice overstruck by London Paid datestamps of Mar. 16, Very Fine, an attractive cover, Ex-George Ulrich.
Estimate $1,200 - 1,800. (Image) (Image2)

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Suggested Bid $1,200-1,800
CLOSED
Will close during Public Auction
425   imageBermuda, 1863 (Dec. 15), double-rate unpaid ship letter cover, sent Bermuda to Tiffany & Co., noted "Per E. Barss/Cpt. Frith" at lower left, marked "Ship letter" upper right and rated "20" top center, with large part "New York Ship Letter/DEC/30" dater at bottom; complete with contents, plus modern photo of vessel; edge wear plus difficult-to-see tear at right of face panel, attractive Very Fine appearance, unpaid and fined ship letter are rare from this period.
Estimate $400 - 600

Between July 1, 1861, and Oct. 25, 1865, the Ship Letter rate was raised to 4¢ delivery to port-of-entry, including Bermuda, plus internal postage. For the first time, the ship fee was tied to weight, so the Ship Letter rate for a double-weight letter became 8¢, with US internal postage 3¢ per ½-ounce (here, times 2 = 6¢) plus 6¢ fine for non-prepayment = 8¢ + 6¢ + 6¢ = 20¢ due. (Image) (Image2)

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Suggested Bid $400-600
SOLD for $200.00
Will close during Public Auction
426   imageBermuda, 1864 (June 11), double-rate cover from St. George's to New York, per Delta to Halifax and Africa to Boston; mis-rated "2/-" (deleted) as if to Great Britain, "8" double-rate to the US and "20" in blue crayon for double US steamship rate; front additionally with light "Bermuda/Paid" datestamp (P4) in red and Boston (JUN 21) transit, Fine, a colorful cover, despite the missing corner, rare, with only 13 P4 datestamps recorded, Ex-George Ulrich, Robert W. Dickgiesser.
Estimate $300 - 400. (Image) (Image2)

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Suggested Bid $300-400
CLOSED
Will close during Public Auction
427   imageBermuda, 1864 (June 23), folded letter entire, from Nova Scotia to Bermuda, from the Haynes correspondence from Halifax to George Somers Tucker at Hamilton, sent "p Alpha"; franked by 1860 10¢ vermilion with circle-of-wedges cancel tying, with large "4" (due to Bermuda) handstamp alongside; despatch datestamp across join; filing crease crossing both handstamp and adhesive, still Very Fine and attractive, the sole cover recorded from Nova Scotia to Bermuda bearing this adhesive.
Estimate $750 - 1,000. (Image) (Image2)

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Suggested Bid $750-1,000
SOLD for $750.00
Will close during Public Auction
428   imageBermuda, 1865 (May), mourning cover with Hamilton, Bermuda, datestamp, a lovely small-format envelope addressed to "Miss Till" in St. Georges, bearing at lower left a strike in red of the Hamilton PM4 datestamp (date unclear; May 10?). This is the datestamp type modified by William B. Perot to create his iconic Postmaster's Stamp of 1848-56. Small black wax seal intact on backflap.

A remarkably pristine cover, and interesting collateral material for a Perot exhibit, Very Fine.
Estimate $2,500 - 3,500. (Image) (Image2)

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Suggested Bid $2,500-3,500
CLOSED
Will close during Public Auction
429   imageBermuda, 1865 (Feb. 15), embossed (day-late) Valentine cover sent within Hamilton, and the 14th was a Tuesday that year; addressed to A. Ponsonby Esq. at Hamilton, with "Hamilton/Paid" P5 datestamp in red at center; light staining, though a rare and attractive survivor (was the same true for the sender?), nearly Very Fine.
Estimate $400 - 600. (Image)

Suggested Bid $400-600
CLOSED
Will close during Public Auction
430   imageBermuda, 1865 (May 12), small ladies envelope from Ireland Island to Portsmouth, sent via the Cunard Liners Alpha to Halifax and Asia to Queenstown and Portsmouth; nice strike of "Bermuda/I/Paid" (P5) datestamp and "6d" handstamp (R2, latest recorded date of use), which should have been 1s but was not corrected; two June 5 Portsmouth arrivals on reverse, Very Fine, Ex-George Ulrich, Morris H. Ludington.
Estimate $2,000 - 3,000

One of only two recorded examples of the Ireland Island Paid datestamp, and the only example recorded prior to the introduction of adhesives on Sept. 26, 1865. Cover illustrated on page 87 of Bermuda Mails to 1865 by Forand and Freeland. (Image) (Image2)

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Suggested Bid $2,000-3,000
CLOSED
Will close during Public Auction
431   imageBermuda, 1865 (Oct. 7), folded letter from Liverpool to Bermuda, underpaid, addressed to the Secretary of the St. Georges Marine Ship, Bermuda; routing noted "p Scotia" at upper left, to New York, then per Brig Elisa Barss to Bermuda; franked by 1865 1s green (Plate 4), tied by "466" killer; underpaid 3d and showing crisp strike of "Insufficiently/Prepaid" handstamp at immediate left of adhesive; fine of 1s due, with manuscript "9" (British share of fine) deleted on arrival and replaced in blue crayon by "1/3" to include Bermuda's share of the fine, represented by "2d" handstamp in red; Liverpool and Hamilton (PM4) datestamps on reverse; toned (and weakened) file folds, one crossing the adhesive, Fine to Very Fine+, a very rare cover via the New York route.
Estimate $600 - 800. (Image) (Image2)

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Suggested Bid $600-800
SOLD for $600.00
Will close during Public Auction
432   imageBermuda, 1866 (Aug. 29), mourning cover, sent from Philadelphia via New York to Bermuda, forwarding agents Middleton & Co. sent the cover to Bermuda on the Eliza Barss; cover bears 1861 3¢ Washington (#65) cancelled by clover leaf fancy cancel with "Phil'a/AUG/29/Pa" c.d.s. below; marked "2d" in blue crayon (2d due to Bermuda under the new Ship Letter Convention of Oct. 25, 1865); same-day Philadelphia Station C target duplex on reverse, Very Fine, a difficult-to-find rate cover.
Estimate $400 - 600

The 1865 Ship Mail Convention stipulated a rate of 2d fro private ship closed mail to the port-of-entry. After 1876, a 2d packet rate between the US and Bermuda was also in force. (Image) (Image2)

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Suggested Bid $400-600
CLOSED
Will close during Public Auction
433   imageBermuda, 1866 (Oct. 6), mixed franking cover sent London to Hamilton, Bermuda, an attention-grabbing folded letter, routed "Via New York" to Hamilton, per Scotia to New York and, after a month-long delay awaiting a sailing vessel, by Excelsior to Bermuda; franked by 1d red (Plate 101, 3) plus 1864 1s green (Plate 4), all neatly tied by London "E.C/77" duplexes; manuscript "2" in red crayon due to US; reverse with Hamilton PM4 datestamp (Nov. 17), Very Fine, the only fully prepaid cover from this rarely used route, Ex-Morris H. Ludington.
Estimate $1,200 - 1,800. (Image) (Image2)

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Suggested Bid $1,200-1,800
CLOSED
Will close during Public Auction
434   imageBermuda, 1866 (Nov. 13), folded letter entire from St. George's to Palermo, Sicily, addressed to "Il Principe de Valdina" and noted "'Italia'" at lower left; carried by Delta to Halifax and Africa to Liverpool, rated "1/9" (not prepaid), blue "1/8" due to Great Britain (deleted), "1" to Bermuda and French "14" decimes transit postage; front additionally shows "GB/2F" accountancy handstamp; reverse with St. George's origin datestamp (PM5) and a variety of British, French and Italian transits, plus a red Christmas Day Palermo receiver, Very Fine, an exquisite cover, the only recorded cover from Bermuda to Sicily.
Estimate $1,000 - 1,500. (Image) (Image2)

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Suggested Bid $1,000-1,500
SOLD for $1,000.00
Will close during Public Auction
435   imageBermuda, 1870 (Aug. 25), bicolor franking cover, sent Bermuda to London via contract vessel, franked by Bermuda 1d rose red and 6d dull purple (each with a corner issue) cancelled by a single strike of a K1 "2" killer; rated "6" in red crayon with Hamilton origin and red London PAID SP 13 handstamp on face; carried by the contract vessel San Francisco to New York, overland to Boston and by Cunard Asia to Queenstown and London, Very Fine, an interesting "needs must" piece of postal history.
Estimate $300 - 400

When Cunard's route to New York ended in 1854, there was no direct service between Bermuda and the US until 1868, when direct contracts were made with a number of steamers and small crop vessels. (Image)

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Suggested Bid $300-400
SOLD for $160.00
Will close during Public Auction
436   imageBermuda, 1873 (Jan. 8), franked but uncancelled cover from Bermuda to England, from Ireland Island to Bridport, Dorset, from HMS Woodlark per contract vessel Excelsior to New York, and then Cunard Calabria to Liverpool; bearing "Ireland Isle/Bermuda" origin dater on face, along with Great Britain 1d rose red (Plate 149) and wing-margined 6d pale chestnut (Plate 11), uncancelled as not recognized for postage; "5" in red crayon as due to Great Britain, changed to "5d" in blue crayon as due to Bermuda, and rated "1/-" on arrival as double deficiency, deleted and replaced with "1/1" (7d postage plus 6d fine); reverse (flap missing) with Feb. 4 Liverpool US Packet and Feb. 5 London and Bridport datestamps, Very Fine, an eye-catching cover, an almost certainly unique unpaid letter to England, Ex-Morris H. Ludington.
Estimate $400 - 600. (Image) (Image2)

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Suggested Bid $400-600
SOLD for $225.00
Will close during Public Auction
437   imageBermuda, 1873 (Mar. 27), bicolor franking cover sent from Bermuda to London, from Hamilton to London, sent via contract vessel "Perit via New York" and thence per North German Lloyd America to Southampton; franked by Bermuda 1865 1d rose red and 6d dull purple very lightly cancelled by "K1" obliterators with Hamilton origin datestamp (H1) at left and London PAID 16 AP 73 datestamp below; exceptionally clean and most attractive, Very Fine, a most unusual usage via the North German Lloyd line.
Estimate $500 - 750. (Image) (Image2)

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Suggested Bid $500-750
SOLD for $275.00
Will close during Public Auction
438   imageBermuda, 1873 (Mar. 27), cover sent from New York to Bermuda, sent via the E. Barss to J. Butterfield, Clerk H.M. Council; hand-delivered to, and forwarded by, Middleton & Co., whose blue dated handstamp seals the flap on reverse; manuscript "2" in blue crayon on face, Very Fine, a pretty Convention-rate cover.
Estimate $150 - 200. (Image) (Image2)

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Suggested Bid $150-200
CLOSED
Will close during Public Auction
439   imageBermuda, 1873 (July 1), Gray Correspondence cover, sent Bermuda to London, from Hamilton per Cunard's Delta to Halifax and Allan's Nestorian to Queenstown, Liverpool and London; franked by a Bermuda 6d dull purple (straight edge at right) tied by light Hamilton duplex with red London PAID 24 JY datestamp at left; two barely visible light folds at far left, Very Fine.
Estimate $150 - 200. (Image)

Suggested Bid $150-200
CLOSED
Will close during Public Auction
440   imageBermuda, 1873 (Sept. 22), sensational tricolor-franked cover sent from Bermuda to Gibraltar, from St. George's per Cunard's Delta to Halifax and Allan's Nestorian to Queenstown, Liverpool and then Gibraltar; rated "10d" in red crayon and bearing Bermuda 1865 1d rose red (2) and 6d dull purple, along with 1873 3d yellow orange, all tied by "B/1" (K2) c.d.s.; face additionally shows oval St. George's SEP 22 datestamp (H3), Oct. 17 "Paid/Liverpool/Br. Packet" datestamp in red and Gibraltar OC 28 arrival; edge and backflap wear, Very Fine, a remarkable franking and the only recorded cover from Bermuda to Gibraltar.
Estimate $2,000 - 3,000. (Image) (Image2)

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Suggested Bid $2,000-3,000
SOLD for $1,300.00
Will close during Public Auction

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