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Auction: 17025 - Bermuda, Crossroads of the Atlantic: A Postal History from 1617 to 1877 - The David Pitts Collection
Lot: 18

(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
1865 (6 July) envelope (complete with contents regarding a small claim against the Colony) to Hamilton, showing light "bermuda/st. g/paid" datestamp in red (P5); envelope with some minor creasing, otherwise fine and very rare with only five examples recorded. Photo

Illustrated on page 88 of "Bermuda Mails to 1865" by Forand and Freeland

provenance:
Sir Henry Tucker, October 1978
Robert W. Dickgiesser, October 1999

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£800