Bahamas

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UPU member as British Colony from 1 July 1880.

class	H&G	Hoey	year	value	colour	size	description	specimen type	notes
post card	5	PC3S	1892	1d			QV medallion	D{2a}
	6	RC4S	1892	1d + 1d			QV medallion	D{2a}
	7	PC4S	1902	1d			KEVII	D{4}
	8	RC5S	1902	1d + 1d			KEVII	D{4}
	9	PC5S	1912	1d			KGV leaves	D{4}
	10	RC6S	1912	1d + 1d			KGV leaves	D{4}
	11	PC6S	1934	1½d			KGV leaves	D{8}
	12	PC7S	1938	1½d			KGVI leaves	D{9a}
	13	PC9S	1938	2d	grey		KGVI leaves	D{9a}
	14a	PC10S	1938	2d	red on grey paper		KGVI leaves	D{9}
envelope	B5	E8S	1892	2½d			QV medallion	D{2a}
	B6	E9S	1901	1d			staircase	D{4}
	B7	E10S	1902	2½d			KEVII medallion	D{4}
regist env	C1	RE1S	1894	2d	grey	G	QV	D{2}	2
	C2	RE6S	1902	2d		G	KEVII	D{4a}
	C3a	RE10S	1912	2d		G	KGV	D{4a}
	C4	RE16S	1929	2d & 1d		G	KGV	D{8}
	C5a	RE17S	1938	2d		G	KGVI	D{9a}
air letter	F1	AE1S	1943	7d			KGVI	D{9}

type	image	dimensions	application
D{2a}		89–90 × 8½–9	overprinted diag TL to BR
D{4}		91½–93 × 8½–9	overprinted diag BL to TR
D{4a}	as above	91½–93 × 8½–9	overprinted diag TL to BR
D{8}		56½ × 7½	overprinted diag BL to TR
D{9}		41 × 3½	overprinted diag BL to TR
D{9a}	as above	41 × 3½	overprinted diag TL to BR

Notes

1	All items listed were printed by De La Rue.
2	Ultramarine head, grey-green text.

Acknowledgement

Compiled by Charles Freeland.

Reference

Hoey, Graham. "Bahamas Postal Stationery", British Caribbean Philatelic Journal, 1977.

Last updated 6 September 2008

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