Postage stamps, booklets, flight, censored and maritime mail and philatelic covers of Bahamas for sale.
There are many facets to Bahamas philately. The lovely classic Chalon heads form a fine study for the stamp collector while the wealth of Out Island postmarks provide a challenge to the postmark and postal history collector.
The best guide to Bahamas stamp issues is the handbook by Gisburn Postmark collectors and those interested in postal history should read Morris Ludington, Bahamas early mail services and postal markings.
Post and packing is extra but does not increase however many items are ordered. Inland £1, Europe £1.50 and Overseas £2
![]() ![]() | 1833 (Jun) BAHAMAS s/l h/s (B1) on cover to London rated 2/2d and with London arrival mark. Fine. Ex 'Staircase' collection. | £350.00 |
![]() | 1849 (12 Nov) BAHAMAS SHIP LETTER h/s on cover from Turks Islands to London Two strikes of BAHAMAS double arc cds with inverted 'C' code dated NO 12 and NO 28. Rated 1/4d. Very fine. Ex Ludington and Abaco. | £1,400.00 |
![]() ![]() | 1857 mourning cover from London to Kingston, Jamaica and re-directed to Nassau, Bahamas. Addressed to a Lieutenant in the 1st West India Regiment and thus franked at the officer s rate of 6d. Kingston cds on reverse. As the letter was addressed to a commissioned officer there was no redirection charge. Ex Osborn. | £85.00 |
![]() | 1863-7 Bahamas Crown CC, 6d violet imperf plate proof, 4 margins, fresh, part o.g., hinge rems. | £375.00 |
![]() ![]() | 1879 Bahamas cover with 4d (SG27) to U.S.A. Fine Jacksonville transit mark and Chicago and Bahamas cds b/stamps. Stamp with missing corner. | £25.00 |
![]() | 1882 Bahamas Crown CA, perf 12, 1d scarlet vermilion (SG40), block of 4, fine o.g. Cat £240 | £100.00 |
![]() | 1882 Crown CA, perf 12, 1d (SG40), block of 4, pos. 42-3, 52-3, some perf separation, fine o.g. | £100.00 |
![]() ![]() | 1886 Bahamas cover to U.S.A. with GOVERNOR'S HARBOUR cds on reverse. 1884-90 4d tied by 'B' obliterator and with Bahamas and New York b/stamps. Small faults. | £40.00 |
![]() ![]() | 1891 Bahamas postal stationery 2½d on 4d envelope used to England with Bahamas and London b/stamps. | £25.00 |
![]() | 1894 Bahamas postal stationery 2d registered envelope (H/G1), used to England in 1898 with added 2½d tied by Nassau cds. | £35.00 |
![]() | 1894 SHIP LETTER NASSAU cds on Bahamas 1d postal card used to Germany. (Dovey 2416) Only found in use 1894-1900. | £250.00 |
![]() ![]() | 1894 Bahamas postal stationery registered cover to Germany 1884-90 2½d pair tied by small A05 obliterator and with Registered Nassau cds in red. Few tone spots on back. | £60.00 |
![]() | 1895 Bahamas postal stationery 1d card used to Germany with Nassau New Providence cds and London and Leipzig cds's. Clean. | £8.00 |
![]() | 1895 Bahamas postal stationery registered envelope used to U.S.A. with added 8d franking with obliterator cancels and REGISTERED NASSAU cds in red. Opened out for display. | £45.00 |
![]() | 1897 Bahamas postal stationery 1d postal card used to U.S.A. with Nassau cds and New York arrival mark. Fine | £7.00 |
![]() ![]() | 1906 Bahamas postcard used to New York with 1d cancelled by Miami machine cancel and with s/l Miami PAQUEBOT h/s. | £32.00 |
![]() ![]() | 1910 NICOLLS TOWN ANDROS ISLAND cds on Bahamas postcard to South Africa. Nassau and Malmesbury b/stamps plus ½d postage due h/s and small boxed 'STOPPAGE PAID' h/s. Fine. | £60.00 |
![]() ![]() | 1910 Royal Mail Steam Packet Co 'POSTED ON THE HIGH SEAS' cachet on Bahamas postcard. Ex Hoskings. | £20.00 |
![]() | 1912 Bahamas cover with HATCHET BAY cds (7i) and UNCLAIMED h/s (X3) also small circular 'ADVERTISED' h/s (X1). Clean and attractive. | £60.00 |