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Return To Catalogue - Bahamas 1859-1900
Currency: 4 farthings = 1 penny; 12 pence = 1 Shilling; 20 Shillings = 1 Pound
Note: on my website many of the
pictures can not be seen! They are of course present in the catalogue;
contact me if you want to purchase it.
Before the introduction of its own stamps in 1859 the stamps of Great Britain were used. They can be recognized by the cancel "A05" of the Bahamas (I have never seen such a stamp myself).
The typical cancel is "A05":
Stamps cancelled with a pencancel are usually
fiscally used (see remark at the end of this page). These cancels
have sometimes been removed and a forged postal cancel has been
applied to the stamp.
I have seen a similar bar cancel with a "B" instead of
"A05":
"B" cancels
"A BAHAMAS" in a single circle cancel and "NASSAU
NEW PROVIDENCE" in a single circle.
I've been told that the next 'A05' cancel is rare (it is different from the previously shown 'A05' cancels):
Stamp with circular 'RAGGED ISLAND' cancel used in 1894
Spiro forged cancels
Oneglia forgeries with a bar with "G" cancel and four
concentric rings (images obtained thanks to Gerhard Lang)
This Spiro forgery has an additional "BO*TUK" cancel.
This cancel also appears on the forgeries from Western Australia
and St.Helena as shown in the next images.
General note on cancelled stamps of the Bahamas: most stamps with pencancels are used fiscally and worth considerably less then postally used stamps. Bahamas did not issue any special fiscal stamps.
