Bahamas

<body topmargin=0 leftmargin=0 marginheight=0 marginwidth=0> <table cellpadding=0 cellspacing=0 border=0><tr> <td valign="top" colspan=2 height=100 BGCOLOR="#006699" TEXT="#080000"> <div> <B>King George V Silver Jubilee</B><B> - Registered Foreign Mail</B><FONT SIZE="2" COLOR="#FFFFFF" FACE="Arial" >  <B>   </B></FONT></div> <div> <B> </B><A HREF="index.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="King George V Silver Jubilee"><U><B>Home</B></U></A><B>               </B><A HREF="id8.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Information"><U><B>General Information</B></U></A><B>               </B><A HREF="id16.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Stamps"><U><B>Stamps</B></U></A><B>               </B><FONT SIZE="2" COLOR="#FFFFFF" FACE="Verdana" ><A HREF="id3.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Postal History"><U><B>Postal History</B></U></A></FONT><B>               </B><A HREF="id298.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Location"><U><B>Variety Locator</B></U></A><B>         </B></div> <div> <A HREF="id28.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Site Information"><U><B>Help/Site Information</B></U></A><B>                              </B><A HREF="id147.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Search"><U><B>Search</B></U></A><B>                               </B><A HREF="mailto:philatel2@yahoo.com" TARGET="_top" TITLE="mailto:philatel2@yahoo.com"><U><B>Contact Me</B></U></A></div> </td> </tr><tr> <td valign="top" width=165 BGCOLOR="#FFCC66" TEXT="#080000"> <bR> <div> <TABLE BORDER="0" CELLPADDING="2" CELLSPACING="1" WIDTH="137" BORDERCOLORLIGHT="#C0C0C0" BORDERCOLORDARK="#808080" FRAME="BOX" RULES="ALL" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0" > <tR> <tD VALIGN=TOP HEIGHT= 14 WIDTH="131"><div> <B>POSTAL HISTORY</B></div> </tD> </tR> <tR> <tD VALIGN=TOP HEIGHT= 14 ><NOBR><div> <A HREF="id325.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="PH Stamp Issue Dates"><U>Dates of Issues of Stamps</U></A></div> </NOBR></tD> </tR> <tR> <tD VALIGN=TOP HEIGHT= 14 ><NOBR><div> <A HREF="id311.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Issue Design History"><U>Issues Design History</U></A></div> </NOBR></tD> </tR> <tR> <tD VALIGN=TOP HEIGHT= 14 WIDTH="131"><div> <A HREF="id296.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Postal Rates"><U>Postal Rates</U></A></div> </tD> </tR> <tR> <tD VALIGN=TOP HEIGHT= 14 WIDTH="131"><div> <A HREF="id14.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Postal Covers"><U>Postal Covers</U></A></div> </tD> </tR> <tR> <tD VALIGN=TOP HEIGHT= 14 WIDTH="131"><div>    - <A HREF="id189.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Inland Mail"><U>Inland Mail</U></A></div> </tD> </tR> <tR> <tD VALIGN=TOP HEIGHT= 14 WIDTH="131"><div>       - <A HREF="id189.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Inland Mail"><U>Inter-Island</U></A></div> </tD> </tR> <tR> <tD VALIGN=TOP HEIGHT= 14 WIDTH="131"><div>       - <A HREF="id200.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Cyprus local"><U>Local</U></A></div> </tD> </tR> <tR> <tD VALIGN=TOP HEIGHT= 14 WIDTH="131"><div>    - <A HREF="id180.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Solomon"><U>Empire Mail</U></A></div> </tD> </tR> <tR> <tD VALIGN=TOP HEIGHT= 14 WIDTH="131"><div>    - <A HREF="id188.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Foreign Mail"><U>Foreign Mail</U></A></div> </tD> </tR> <tR> <tD VALIGN=TOP HEIGHT= 14 WIDTH="131"><div>    - <A HREF="id190.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Registered Mail"><U>Registered Mail</U></A></div> </tD> </tR> <tR> <tD VALIGN=TOP HEIGHT= 14 WIDTH="131"><div>       - <A HREF="id190.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Registered Mail"><U>Empire</U></A></div> </tD> </tR> <tR> <tD VALIGN=TOP BGCOLOR=#FFFFFF HEIGHT= 14 WIDTH="131"><div>       - <A HREF="id192.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Bahamas"><U>Foreign</U></A></div> </tD> </tR> <tR> <tD VALIGN=TOP HEIGHT= 14 WIDTH="131"><div>    - <A HREF="id191.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Airmail"><U>Air Mail</U></A></div> </tD> </tR> <tR> <tD VALIGN=TOP HEIGHT= 14 WIDTH="131"><div>       - <A HREF="id199.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Double airmail"><U>Double Rate</U></A></div> </tD> </tR> <tR> <tD VALIGN=TOP HEIGHT= 14 WIDTH="131"><div>       - <A HREF="id270.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="GBairmail"><U>Airmail - Perfin</U></A></div> </tD> </tR> <tR> <tD VALIGN=TOP HEIGHT= 14 WIDTH="131"><div>    - <A HREF="id179.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Mauritius"><U>Added Charges</U></A></div> </tD> </tR> <tR> <tD VALIGN=TOP HEIGHT= 14 WIDTH="131"><div>       - <A HREF="id179.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Mauritius"><U>Extra weight</U></A></div> </tD> </tR> <tR> <tD VALIGN=TOP HEIGHT= 14 WIDTH="131"><div>       - <A HREF="id186.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Sierra Leone"><U>No postage</U></A></div> </tD> </tR> <tR> <tD VALIGN=TOP HEIGHT= 14 ><NOBR><div>       - <A HREF="id368.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Redirected Mail"><U>Redirected Mail</U></A></div> </NOBR></tD> </tR> <tR> <tD VALIGN=TOP HEIGHT= 14 WIDTH="131"><div>    - <A HREF="id194.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Postal Marks"><U>Postal Marks</U></A></div> </tD> </tR> <tR> <tD VALIGN=TOP HEIGHT= 14 WIDTH="131"><div>       - <A HREF="id194.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Postal Marks"><U>Flying Boat</U></A></div> </tD> </tR> <tR> <tD VALIGN=TOP HEIGHT= 14 WIDTH="131"><div>       - <A HREF="id195.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Dutch"><U>Posted at Sea</U></A></div> </tD> </tR> <tR> <tD VALIGN=TOP HEIGHT= 14 WIDTH="131"><div>       - <A HREF="id197.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Paquebot"><U>Paquebot</U></A></div> </tD> </tR> <tR> <tD VALIGN=TOP HEIGHT= 14 WIDTH="131"><div>    - <A HREF="id391.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Book Mail"><U>Book Mail</U></A></div> </tD> </tR> <tR> <tD VALIGN=TOP HEIGHT= 14 WIDTH="131"><div>    - <A HREF="id182.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Honduras"><U>Other Mail</U></A></div> </tD> </tR> <tR> <tD VALIGN=TOP HEIGHT= 14 WIDTH="131"><div> <A HREF="id12.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Collectors Covers"><U>Commemoratives</U></A></div> </tD> </tR> <tR> <tD VALIGN=TOP HEIGHT= 14 WIDTH="131"><div> <A HREF="id269.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Rocket Mail"><U>Rocket Mail</U></A></div> </tD> </tR> <tR> <tD VALIGN=TOP HEIGHT= 14 WIDTH="131"><div> <A HREF="id13.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Other Postal Items"><U>Other Postal Items</U></A></div> </tD> </tR> </TABLE></div> <bR> </td> <td valign="top" height=380 BGCOLOR="#FFFFFF" TEXT="#080000" background="045fa583.png"> <div> <B>Click on covers to see other examples:</B></div> <div> <TABLE BORDER="0" CELLPADDING="2" CELLSPACING="1" WIDTH="203" BORDERCOLORLIGHT="#C0C0C0" BORDERCOLORDARK="#808080" FRAME="BOX" RULES="ALL" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0" > <tR> <tD VALIGN=TOP HEIGHT= 46 WIDTH="96"><div> <A HREF="id190.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Registered Mail"><U><IMG SRC="2f932280.jpg" border=0 width="50" height="40" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></U></A></div> </tD> <tD VALIGN=TOP WIDTH="96"><div> <A HREF="#registered_foreign" TITLE="Bahamas"><U><IMG SRC="2fa321f0.jpg" border=0 width="50" height="31" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></U></A></div> </tD> </tR> <tR> <tD VALIGN=TOP HEIGHT= 49 WIDTH="96"><div> Registered to Empire</div> <div> 31k</div> </tD> <tD VALIGN=TOP WIDTH="96"><div> Registered to Foreign</div> <div> 49k</div> </tD> </tR> </TABLE></div> <div> <I><B> <A NAME="registered_foreign"><IMG BORDER="0" SRC="1x1.gif" HEIGHT="1" ALIGN="bottom" WIDTH="1" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0" ></A></B></I></div> <div> <I><B>Bahamas to United States</B></I></div> <div> The Bahamas are an archipelago of more than 700 islands located off the south eastern coast of the United States of America. Approximately 40 of the islands are populated. The Bahamas was claimed by Great Britain in 1629 and became independent in 1973. In 1935 its population was estimated at about 62,000. </div> <bR> <div> <B>Jubilee stamps: </B>1½d, 2½d, 6d, 1/-</div> <bR> <div> Letter rates from the Bahamas were 1½d Empire mail, 2½d Foreign mail and 2d registered mail. This registered letter from Bimini (the closest of the Bahamian islands to the USA - some 48 miles) to Memphis, Tennessee shows 2d for registration and 1d postage on the embossed stamp and the additional 1½d postage required on the Silver Jubilee <FONT SIZE="2" COLOR="#0000FF" FACE="Verdana" ><A HREF="id5.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Common Design"><U><I><B>common design</B></I></U></A></FONT> stamp from the Bahamas.</div> <DIV ALIGN="LEFT"></DIV> <div> <TABLE BORDER="0" CELLPADDING="2" CELLSPACING="1" WIDTH="502" BORDERCOLORLIGHT="#C0C0C0" BORDERCOLORDARK="#808080" FRAME="BOX" RULES="ALL" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0" > <tR> <tD VALIGN=TOP HEIGHT= 248 ><NOBR><div> <IMG SRC="30390f20.jpg" border=0 width="400" height="242" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></div> </NOBR></tD> </tR> </TABLE></div> <bR> <div> <TABLE BORDER="0" CELLPADDING="2" CELLSPACING="1" WIDTH="553" BORDERCOLORLIGHT="#C0C0C0" BORDERCOLORDARK="#808080" FRAME="BOX" RULES="ALL" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0" > <tR> <tD VALIGN=TOP HEIGHT= 443 WIDTH="271"><div>  </div> <bR> <bR> <bR> <bR> <bR> <bR> <bR> <bR> <bR> <bR> <DIV ALIGN="LEFT"></DIV> <div> Information and scan kindly provided by <B>John Cooper</B></div> </tD> <tD VALIGN=TOP><NOBR><div> <IMG SRC="311c8b50.jpg" border=0 width="200" height="437" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></div> </NOBR></tD> </tR> </TABLE></div> <bR> <bR> <bR> <div> <I><B>Registered Letter reclassified as a parcel</B></I></div> <bR> <DIV ALIGN="LEFT"></DIV> <div> <TABLE BORDER="0" CELLPADDING="2" CELLSPACING="1" WIDTH="502" BORDERCOLORLIGHT="#C0C0C0" BORDERCOLORDARK="#808080" FRAME="BOX" RULES="ALL" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0" > <tR> <tD VALIGN=TOP HEIGHT= 232 ><NOBR><div> <IMG SRC="2c390e20.jpg" border=0 width="400" height="226" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></div> </NOBR></tD> </tR> <tR> <tD VALIGN=TOP HEIGHT= 33 WIDTH="496"><div> This registered letter sent from Gibraltar to Detroit, USA on September 10, 1935 was reclassified as a letter package. It required the recipient to pay an extra 10 cents.</div> </tD> </tR> </TABLE></div> <bR> <bR> <div> <I><B>Registered Letter with Perfinned Stamps</B></I><I><B> <A NAME="perfin_cover"><IMG BORDER="0" SRC="1x1.gif" HEIGHT="1" ALIGN="bottom" WIDTH="1" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0" ></A></B></I></div> <bR> <DIV ALIGN="LEFT"></DIV> <div> <TABLE BORDER="0" CELLPADDING="2" CELLSPACING="1" WIDTH="503" BORDERCOLORLIGHT="#C0C0C0" BORDERCOLORDARK="#808080" FRAME="BOX" RULES="ALL" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0" > <tR> <tD VALIGN=TOP COLSPAN=2 HEIGHT= 322 ><NOBR><div> <IMG SRC="7d8902e0.jpg" border=0 width="400" height="302" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></div> <div> Courtesy of <A HREF="mailto:cooperman@69dalestorth@freeserve.co.uk" TARGET="_top" TITLE="mailto:cooperman@69dalestorth@freeserve."><U>John Cooper</U></A></div> </NOBR></tD> </tR> <tR> <tD VALIGN=TOP COLSPAN=2 HEIGHT= 33 WIDTH="495"><div> Both stamps on this registered letter to Czechkoslovakia from the Mauritius Commercial Bank, dated  July 5, 1935, are perfinned (MCB/M)</div> </tD> </tR> </TABLE></div> <bR> </td> </tr></table></body>