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. | £100.00 |
![]() | 1863-7 Bahamas Crown CC, 6d violet imperf plate proof, 4 margins, fresh, part o.g., hinge rems. | £375.00 |
![]() | 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 |
![]() | 1884-1950 BAHAMAS postmark selection. Includes GREEN TURTLE CAY and ROCK SOUND on QV 1d's, ACKLIN ISLAND dumb cancel, MASTIC POINT, RUM CAY and TARPUM BAY on EDVII and WEMYSS BIGHT on GV. (21) | £50.00 |
![]() ![]() | 1885 (17 Oct) Bahamas 4d rose (SG41) on cover to Nebraska tied by light obliterator cancel. Clean and attractive. | £180.00 |
![]() ![]() | 1885 (16 Mar) Bahamas perf 12 4d (SG41) tied by 'B' obliterator to cover to U.S.A. Bahamas and New York backstamps. Fine. | £160.00 |
![]() | 1894 Bahamas postal stationery 2d registered envelope (H/G1), used to England in 1898 with added 2½d tied by Nassau cds. | £35.00 |
![]() ![]() | 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 |
![]() | 1912-37 Bahamas postal stationery 1d postal card (H/G9), used to U.S.A. in 1928 with Nassau cds. Rounded corner. | £6.00 |
![]() | 1916 HAVE YOU BEEN TO NASSAU BAHAMAS? IF NOT, WHY NOT boxed slogan on Bahamas cover to U.S.A. Ludington HS3. | £30.00 |
![]() | 1919 (29 Jan) First Flight cover Nassau - Miami with special two line cachet, 'BY AIR SERVICE NASSAU TO MIAMI.' Carried by two seaplanes of the United States Naval Air Station at Miami on a demonstration flight to Nassau. Approx. 600 pieces carried. The first successful ocean flight. | £175.00 |
![]() | 1927 SIMMS LONG ISLAND cds with stars between names (type 3a) on printed cover to William McFarlan in U.S.A. Light vertical crease. | £38.00 |
![]() ![]() | 1927 NASSAU QUEEN OF WINTER RESORTS slogan cancel on postcard of R.M.S.P. Orca with oval 'R.M.S.P. ORCA Posted on the High Seas' cachet. Mount marks on picture side and slightly toned. Ex Hoskings. | £75.00 |