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Auction: 17025 - Bermuda, Crossroads of the Atlantic: A Postal History from 1617 to 1877 - The David Pitts Collection
Lot: 16

(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
1d. Rate Period, Pre-Adhesive 1842-65 including The Postmasters Stamps
1853 (25 May) from St. George's "with a boy" to Butterfield at Hamilton, showing "st. georges/bermuda" datestamp (P3I, short arcs) in red. Photo

Note: Only two covers are known specifying such internal carriage by a postal employee. One is dated 1758, "p. servt." This one from 1853 is the only one known after the passage of the 1848 Act which permitted a delivery service

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