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Auction: 17025 - Bermuda, Crossroads of the Atlantic: A Postal History from 1617 to 1877 - The David Pitts Collection
Lot: 66

(x) Ship Letters
Because private ships did not maintain regular schedules, unless the ship is identified on the cover it is very difficult to determine what vessel carried a particular letter. The Bermuda Royal Gazette recorded the appropriate shipping news often permitting the ship's identification
Forwarding Agents
Six agents operated in Bermuda. Between them there are only ten recorded examples
1850 (c.) envelope "Per Brig Devonshire" to Boston showing, on reverse, oval-framed "br. wilson higgs/bermuda" forwarding agents cachet (FA2, the sole example recorded) and, on face, "new york/ship/5 cts" datestamp with date altered from 12 to 13 in manuscript. A unique Bermuda forwarder cover. Photo

Note: Illustrated on page 97 of "Bermuda Mails to 1865" by Forand and Freeland

provenance:
George Ulrich, June 1989

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Estimate
£2,500 to £3,000