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Auction: 17025 - Bermuda, Crossroads of the Atlantic: A Postal History from 1617 to 1877 - The David Pitts Collection
Lot: 8

(x) Internal Mail
On May 20, 1812 an official Post Office was established on the island for the first time. There were three official rate structures during the period
5d. Rate Period, 1812-42: 5d. per sheet until October 1817, 5d. for the first two sheets and 5d. for each additional sheet from 1818 until 1835, and then 5d. up to three sheets. Maximum was 1/3d. at all times
1818 entire to John Dickenson, Merchant at St. George's "Bermuda", marked "Recd from St. Georges 10d" in the handwriting of William B. Perot. Bermuda included in the address but as there are no off-island postal markings this item almost certainly came bootleg from overseas and was then handed in to the post office to avoid the ship fee; minor damp spots and small repaired tear at top centre though a most unusual 5d. double rate cover. This is
the only example of a pre-adhesive two-sheet 5d. internal rate, with marking made by W.B.Perot of Hamilton. Photo

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Estimate
£400 to £500