Details
cover 1802 (7 Dec.) entire to London, rated "1/6" and showing a superb strike of straight-line "BAHAMAS" h.s. (Type B1), fine. The earliest recorded Bahamas handstamp. Photo
Provenance
G.W. Collett, 1965
Further details
Note: This handstamp was used at the Crooked Island Packet Office until some time before October 1836, when it was transferred to Nassau.