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Bahamian Philatelic Literature

Books and other monographs- mainly devoted to Bahamian philately

• Baldwin, N.C. Bahamas. Sutton Coldfield, England: Francis J. Field, Ltd., 1958? Notes: Air Mail, First Flights, Flights, 1919-1957, Postal History, Covers, Cachets, Postal Markings, Transoceanic Mail. Located in the American Philatelic Research Library vertical file.
  

• Gisburn, Harold G.D., The Postage Stamps and Postal History of the Bahamas. London: Stanley Gibbons Ltd., 1950. Notes: 144 pages. illustrated. port., map. 22 cm; Chapters on: Bahamian history; Early postal history; "Chalon" stamps by Perkins, Bacon; "Chalon" stamps by De La Rue; Victorian surface-printed stamps; The Queen's Staircase (normal and overprinted); King Edward VII, King George V, and King George VI surface-printed issues; Bradbury, Wilkinson issues; Airmail; Waterlow pictorial stamps; Undersea post office; Landfall of Columbus; Later commemoratives: Peace, Silver Jubilee, Coronation, Victory, Eleutherian Adventurers, and Silver Wedding; Postal stationery; Postal Markings. Appendixes on: List of Post Offices (ca. 1950); List of changes in postal rates (1869 to 1948).
  

• Hoey, S. Graham, Bahamas Postal Stationery; and Thomas Foster, Jamaica Postal Stationery [Monograph no. 2] British Caribbean Philatelic Study Group, ca. 1982. Notes: 24 pages. Reprinted from the British Caribbean Philatelic Journal.
  

• Ludington, M. H. (Morris Hoadley), and Raymond, Gale J., The Bahama Islands, A History and Catalogue of the Handstamps and Cancellations, 1802 - 1967. London: Robson Lowe, Ltd., 1968. Notes: 66 pages and 5 plates;
  

• Ludington, M. H. (Morris Hoadley), Bahamas Early Mail Services and Postal Markings. Washington, D.C.: Alpha Philatelic Printing and Publishing Co., 1982. Notes: 210 pages. Chapters on: Early mails (to 1842) with partial list of government mail boats (1804-1836); Overseas Mails, 1842-1884 with list of R.M.S.P. vessels (1850-1859) and Cunard Steamers (1859-1868) on the Nassau Route; Internal and interinsular mails (1849-ca. 1885); Table of Out Island post offices (1849-1888); List of interinsular government mail boats (1849-1885); Miscellaneous information on postage stamps, registration, supplementary and official mail, post office notices, revenue, and returns; Alphabetical list of post offices arranged by islands; Introduction to the postal markings of Crooked Island and Nassau; Introduction to the postal markings of the Out Islands (manuscript cancellations, indexes of regular and temporary rubber datestamps and cancellations by types); Check list of the postal markings of the Out Islands.
  

• Ludington, M. H. (Morris Hoadley), The Locally Overprinted Special Delivery Stamps of 1916-1917 London: Robson Lowe, Ltd., 1966; Notes: 11 pages; Reprinted from the February-March, 1966 issue of The Philatelist. A summary of this article's findings appears in Gibbons' British Commonwealth catalogue after the stamp number (S.G. S1). Ludington introduces evidence for a third (intermediate) printing of the stamp. He describes and indicates locations for flaws in the frame plate and vignette plates 1 and 2 which allow for plating every stamp in the sheet.
  

• Ludington, M. H. (Morris Hoadley), and Osborn, Geoffrey A. The Royal Mail Steam Packets to Bermuda and the Bahamas, 1842-1859: for those Interested in the Postal History and Postage Stamps of the Caribbean. London: Robson Lowe, Ltd., 1971; Notes: 24 pages. : 11 illustrations, 10 maps; 25 cm; Includes bibliographical references (inside front cover); Mail routes, ship names and sailing dates during the 18 years the Royal Mail Steam Packets served the Bahamas (9 years for Bermuda).
  

• Proud, Edward B., The Postal History of The Bahamas. Heathfield, England: Proud-Bailey Co. Ltd., 2000; Notes: 392 pages. The introductory chapters on General History, Postal History and Postal Rates are followed by information on each post office. All postal markings are illustrated and valuations on a points system as well as a record of earliest and latest dates are included.
  

• Raymond, Gale J., Bahamas Temporary Rubber Datestamps and Cancellations (limited edition), Nassau, Bahamas: Bahamas Postal History Study Circle, 1960; Notes: 1 volume. 11 pages : illustrated ; 21 cm.
  

• Raymond, Gale J., Bahamas Post Offices (limited edition), Nassau, Bahamas: Bahamas Postal History Study Circle, 1962; Notes: 1 volume. 10 pages : illustrated, maps ; 21 cm. Post office list with open, close, changes, and notes.
  

• Alcong, Joe Chin. The PECO Picture Postcards of the West Indies. San Fernando, Trinidad: Joe Chin Alcong, 1995. Notes: 64 pp.; illust.; Bahamas listing, pp. 28-30.
  

• Armstrong, Douglas B. Edwardian Stamps of the British Empire, Part 1. London: Bright & Son, 1912. Notes: Illustrated, see pp. 24-25.
  

• Bacon, Edward Denny, ed. The Postage Stamps, Envelopes, Wrappers, Post Cards and Telegraph Stamps of the British Colonies in the West Indies, Together with British Honduras and the Colonies in South America. London: Philatelic Society, 1891. Notes: Includes a five page chapter on Bahamian stamps and postal stationery, pp. 6-10.
  

• Bendon, James. UPU Specimen Stamps. Limassol, Cyprus: James Bendon, 1988. Notes: 260 pp.; Bahamas section, pp. 48-49.
  

• Britnor, L[eonard] E. An Introduction to the Postal History of the British West Indies. London?: The British West Indies Study Circle (U.K.), 1959. Notes: 43 pp.; maps and illust.; Bahamas references passim.
  

• Britnor, L[eonard] E. The History of the Sailing Packets to the West Indies. London?: The British West Indies Study Circle (U.K.), 1973. Notes: 175 pp.; maps and illust.; index; Bahamas references passim.
  

• Britnor, L[eonard] E. British West Indies Postal Rates up to 1900. London?: The British West Indies Study Circle (U.K.), 1977. Notes: 52 pp.; illust.; Bahamas references passim.
  

• Commonwealth Knowledge Series, Bahamas. Worthing, Sussex, England: Worthing Ltd. 1967. Notes: 18 p.; illust.; maps; British colonies, Postal Markings, Post Offices, Catalogues and Price Lists.
  

• Davis, G. H. Canada, Special Delivery. Toronto, Canada: Unitrade Press, c1991. 1 v. (various pagings). Notes: "Chapter Two looks at the stamps provided for special delivery, including Bahamas Special Delivery which were issued for use in Canada." Quote from Saskatoon Stamp Centre.
  

• de Worms, Percy. Perkins Bacon Records. London: Royal Philatelic Society, London, 1953. Notes: 895 pp. (in two volumes); illust.; index; Bahamas references, pp. 461-473 and passim.
  

• Easton, John. The De La Rue History of British and Foreign Postage Stamps, 1855 to 1901. London: Faber & Faber [for the Royal Philatelic Society, London], 1958. Notes: 869 pp.; illust.; index; Bahamas references, pp. 383-386 and passim.
  

• Fraser, Colin and Lowe, Robson. The Die Proofs of Waterlow & Sons: Part I, Great Britain & the Empire to 1960. London: Christie's Robson Lowe, 1985. Notes: 126 pp.; illust.; Bahamas listing, p. 99.
  

• Jarrett, Fred, Stamps of British North America. Lawrence, Mass. : Quarterman, ca. 1975. Notes: Information on forged, counterfeit, and bogus stamps, some of them Bahamian.
  

• Lowe, Robson. Handstruck Postage Stamps of the Empire, 1680-1900. third edition, London: Robson Lowe Ltd., 1940. Notes: 330 pp.; maps and illust.; Bahamas listing on p. 33. Reproduction of Toronto: [Fred Jarrett], 1929.
  

• Lowe, Robson. [and Walske, Car?] The Oneglia Engraved Forgeries Commonly Attributed to Angelo Panelli. Limassol, Cyprus: James Bendon, c1996. Notes: pp. [37 & 38?]; Listing of twelve different stamps along with a commentary on them. Illustration of one penny and one shilling forgeries.
  

• Moseley, Mary. The Bahamas Handbook Nassau: The Nassau Guardian, 1926. Notes: 238 pp.; maps and illust.; index; chapter 13, pp. 176-180, devoted to "Postal Information."
  

• Poole, Bertram W. H. The Pioneer Stamps of the British Empire Princeton, NJ; New York : D. Van Nostrand Company Inc., [1957]. Notes: 216 pp.; illust.; chapter 25, pp. 147-151 devoted to early Bahamian postal history and Chalon portrait stamp of 1859 printed by Perkins, Bacon. Illustration of the stamp on plate VI.
  

• Parmenter, John. GB Used Abroad: Cancellations and Postal Markings. The Postal History Society (U.K.), 1993. Notes: 372 pp.; maps and illust.; indexes; Bahamas section, p. 171.
  

• Powles, Louis Diston. The Land of the Pink Pearl: or, Recollections of Life in the Bahamas. London: Sampson Low, Marston, Searle, & Rivington, Ltd., 1888; Notes second edition published in Nassau by Media Publishing, Ltd., 1996. Page 269: "We had here an example of the utter callousness of the Bahamian Government as to everything that concerns the out-islands. We brought a mail-bag for Long Cay that had come from America by the _Atlas_ steamer, but the only letter it contained was for Long Cay, and had to go back there [Inagua]. Formerly the steamers in want of laboures used to call at Inagua, and the mails from the states for that part of the Bahamas were sent there. Now although all is changed and the traffic gone to Long Cay, the mail-bags still come, sealed for Inagua, but have to go to Long Cay first. Generally the bulk of the letters are for Long Cay, but the postmaster there has to wait till he can find a schooner going to Inagua, and send them on, wilst the postmaster at the letter place has to wait till he can find another schooner to take them back. Often important business letters for Mr. Howard Farrington [Fortune Island steamer agent engaged in various commercial enterprises] are delayed two months in this way, after the bag containing them has actually been in his hands. The post-office authorities in the states say they will alter all this as soon as they are asked to do so by the postmaster at Nassau. The latter has been written to over and over again, but does not take any step in the matter."
  Page 245: "Here [at Rum Cay] we met the _Argosy_ mail schooner lying at anchor for a few hours. The only postal communication these islands have with Nassau is once a month, when this schooner visits them, and being a sailing-vessel, the times of her visits are entirely dependent on wind and weather. Often Mr. and Mrs. Mathews do not get their English letters until some weeks after they have arrived at Nassau."
  

• Ritchie, Geoffrey G. (ed.). West Indian Censorship Devices. (Handbook no. 2), Harrogate, England: Roses Caribbean Philatelic Society, 1977; Notes: 102 pages; Section "Postal Censorship in the Bahamas" written by Malcolm D. Watts and H. Moreton Black, pp. 11 to 14. Notes: Descriptions of two types of World War I and four types of World War II handstamps. Descriptions of one type of censor label and at least four types of examiner labels. Includes ten illustrations.
  

• Rowe, Kenneth. The Postal History and Markings of the Forwarding Agents. Louisville, Ky: Leonard H. Hartmann, 1996. Notes: 279 pp.; illust.; index; Bahamas listing, p. 181.
  

• Samuel, Marcus, FRPSL. Specimen Stamps of the Crown Colonies, 1857-1948. London: The Royal Philatelic Society, London, 1976. Notes: 225 pp.; illust.; Bahamas section, pp. 70-73.
  

• Stone, Robert G. A Caribbean Neptune: The Maritime Postal History of the Greater and Lesser Antilles in the 19th Century. New York: Philatelic Foundation, 1994. Notes: 378 pp.; maps and illust.; Bahamas references passim.
  

• United States. Congress. House. Committee on causes of reduction of American tonnage. Causes of the reduction of American tonnage and the decline of navigation interests Washington, D.C.: Government Printing Office, 1870. Notes: Page 216 "...contracts have been made for a mail service ... between New York and Bahamas. The negotiations of these contracts have been left to the local governments, the home government pledging itself to pay one-half the cost of each service."

• Worboys, Derek. Madame Joseph Forged Postmarks. London?: The Royal Philatelic Society, London and the British Philatelic Trust, 1993. Notes: 122 pp.; illust.; index; Bahamas section, pp. 26-28.
  

Journal Articles and Serials

• Addiss, E. "Missent." British Caribbean Philatelic Journal 30 (June 1990): 53. Notes: Postal Markings.
  

• Addiss, E. "Village Cancels, Updates and Date Extensions." British Caribbean Philatelic Journal 33 (June 1993): 44. Notes: Postal Markings.
  

• "Additional Postal Service for Abaco." The Abaconian (May 1998): 27. Notes: Announcement of a vehicle for the Abaco Post Office system. It will allow weekly service between Marsh Harbour, Treasure Cay and Cooper's Town. Mail service between Marsh Harbour and Treasure Cay had been only once a month. Mail between the central and southern Abaco will no longer have to go to Nassau first. There is now weekly service from Marsh Harbour to Sandy Point taking air mail. However it is expected that residents will continue to give letters to a friend to mail in a different town or acquire a Marsh Harbour post office box. Jennifer Duncombe has been Abaco's Post Mistress since January, 1998.
  

• Adelson, E. M. (Bahamas Bum). "Bahamas Bits by the Bahamas Bum." British Caribbean Philatelic Journal 10 (June 1970): 81-82. Notes: Announcement of bright blue ink for Williams Town cancellations. Illustration of a new Air Parcel Post and a third type of Missent to Bahamas markings. Brief description of Out Island manuscript missent markings. Announcement of new TRDs for Marsh Harbour, Staniel Cay, Mcleans Town, The Current, and Sandy Point. Information on The Bight TRD and Registry mark, Freeport R.L.E. cds, Pirate Well TRD, and the United Estates post office.
  

• Adelson, E. M. "Shaving Cream, Cats and Fishheads (Cat Cay and Bimini Oblits)." British Caribbean Philatelic Journal 15 (December 1975): 172.
  

• Adelson, E. M., The Bahamas Bum. "Bahamas Bits." British Caribbean Philatelic Journal 12: 22, 13: 53, 19: 58, 23: 8, 24: 22, 24: 29, 26: 82, 27: 90, 29: 2, 30: 38, 31: 67, 34: 114, 37: 34, 40: 123, 42: 71, 43: 149, 46: 208, 48: 78, 49: 110, 52: 215, 55: 81, 60: 50, 64: 182, 66: 55, 72: 53, 74: 107, 81: 132.
  

• Adelson, E. M., "The Bahamas Bum Visits London." British Caribbean Philatelic Journal 10 (December 1970): 159.
  

• "Ahab, Sam." "Inagua, the Enigma." British Caribbean Philatelic Journal 18 (February 1978): 24.
  

• "And as We go to Press." British Caribbean Philatelic Journal 62: 128, 69: 160, 71: 32, 72: 64, 73: 96.
  

• Arch, B. "Mixed Postage (U.S. & Bahamas) on 1980s postcard." British Caribbean Philatelic Journal 29 (June 1989): 68. Notes: In Caribbean Round-up.
  

• Augustinovic, H. "An Interesting Pair of Bahamas-to-Bermuda Covers." British Caribbean Philatelic Journal 23 (December 1983): 166. Notes: Description and illustrations of two covers mailed from Nassau to Bermuda in late 1944 which have different censorship devices (BEL2 IG/4276 tape (24 November, 1944) and BH4 no. 1019? (5 December, 1944) handstamp).
  

• Augustinovic, H. "Missent." British Caribbean Philatelic Journal 24 (April 1984): 46, 25 (December 1985): 117. Notes: Postal Markings. See also This and That 25 (December 1985): 135.
  

• Austin, R. H. "Bahamas E.R.P. and J.H.P. Fiscal Cancellations." British West Indies Study Circle Bulletin 22 (July 1959): 46. Notes: Additional information to Hoey's notes (BWISC No. 18, p. 32). Description of two different types of the J.H.P cancellation. Listing of stamps with examples of the E.R.P and J.H.P. cancellations.
  

• Ayre, John F. "New Bahamas Straight-Line Marks." British Caribbean Philatelic Journal 10 (August 1970): 107, 10 (October 1970): 137.
  

• Bacon, Edward D. "Notes on the Early Issues." The London Philatelist 4 (1895): 13.
  

• Bacon, Edward D. "Bahamas, 1859-83." The London Philatelist 36 (1927): 198.
  

• "Bahamas." Halward Stamp Magazine (September 1971): p? Note: Short description of the 1970 3c 100th Anniversary of the British Red Cross stamp with gold printing omitted.
  

• "Bahamas." Stamp Collecting (August 29, 1952): 709.
  

• "Bahamas Aerogramme Missing Colour." Stamp Collecting (February 12, 1970): p? Notes: Mention of a used copy (Freeport July 9, 1964 datestamp) of the 8d. Paradise Island Beach stamp with missing black central vignette.
  

• Bahamas Bum. "Bahamas Bits." British Caribbean Philatelic Journal (November 1966): 114-117. Notes: Announcement that a new definitive set will be released May 25, 1967 with same designs but new values and colours. No date has been set for new coil machines and there will not be any booklet panes. The 6d. Registry envelope is now sold out in Nassau. One of the overprinted decimal aerogrammes has been found with the value and Bahamas omitted. Bits of information regarding lumber camps (Pine Ridge, Millville, Cornwall, Normans Castle, and Wilson City) as well as Whale Cay, and stamp hoards and treasures. Announcement that the Mackey Street post office will be moving to the Out Island Traders Building [Ernest Street]. Description of a visit to the Gambier post office. Mention that Wilson City [Spencers Point] had the Bahamas' first ice and electric plant and that the Cornwall post office moved three times. Note that the Pine Ridge lumber camp opened January 1947, but a 1945 TRD is believed to exist.
  

• "Bahamas Coronation Discovery." Stamp Collecting (May 9, 1952): p? Notes: Mention of 1½d. Coronation stamp with double impression of the value tablet thought to be caused by shift of the plate.
  

• "Bahamas Envelopes." Alfred Smith & Son's Monthly Circular (1880): 75, (1881): 27, (1891): 74, (1892): 25, 90.
  

• "Bahamas K.G. VI Key and Duty Plates: Single or Double Plate Printings?" Stamp Collecting (August 29, 1952): p?
  

• "Bahamas Missing Decimal Surcharge Error." Stamp Collecting (September 25, 1969): p? Notes: Description of the 1966 definitive with omitted 5c surcharge.
  

• "Bahamas Post Cards." Alfred Smith & Son's Monthly Circular (1881): 27, (1883): 90, (1892): 50, 90, 98, (1893): 114, 122, (1894): 2, 58.
  

• "Bahamas Registered Envelopes." Alfred Smith & Son's Monthly Circular (1894): 90.
  

• "Bahamas News & Notes." British Caribbean Philatelic Journal 16 (February 1976): 14.
  

• "Bahamas 'Notes' - This and That." British Caribbean Philatelic Journal 23 (April 1983): 55, 23 (October 1983): 115, 24 (April 1984): 55.
  

• "Bahamas Mail Rates Increase." British Caribbean Philatelic Journal 16 (April 1976): 47.
  

• "Bahamas 1d., an Unrecorded Re-entry." G.S.M.[Gibbons Stamp Monthly?] (October 1950): p?
  

• "Bahamas Postage Stamps." Alfred Smith & Son's Monthly Circular (January 1876): col. 7, (1880): 75, (1884): 75, 82, (1885): 9, (1888): 49, (1890): 90.
  

• "Bahamas Post Offices." Stamp Collecting (August 5, 1950): p? Notes: Update to Gisburn's list of post offices.
  

• "Bahamas 2d. Short 'T'." Gibbons' Stamp Monthly (February 1951): p?
  

• "Bahamas - Varieties Uncatalogued." Stamp Collecting (August 15, 1952): p? Notes: Mention of two K.G. VI duty-plate varieties: ½d green with larger and thicker letters and 2½d violet with doubling of letters.
  

• "The Bahamas Water-Skiing Stamp." Stamp Collecting (May 15, 1953): p? Identification of the four skiers in the 2 shilling Eleuthera stamp of 1948. This information previously appeared in Stamps (April 11, 1953).
  

• "BCPSG Journal to Tell Cat Cay History." Linn's Weekly Stamp News (June 10, 1968) p?
  

• Bethell, J. "Machine Cancel: New (1993)." British Caribbean Philatelic Journal 33 (June 1993): 61. Notes: In Caribbean Round-up; Postal Markings.
  

• Billings Specialized Catalogs. Jamaica, N.Y.: Fritz Billig. 17 (1953): [pp.?]. Notes: 23cm. Two page list of 106 post offices from the 1930s? One illustration of a typical circular date stamp.
  

• "Bits & Pieces." British Caribbean Philatelic Journal 59: 23, 61: 88, 62: 121, 63: 154, 64: 185 , 72: 61, 74: 124, 75: 156, 76: 199, 77: 19, 83: 59, 85: 123, 86: 151, 87: 190, 88: 27, 89: 58, 90: 86, 92: 160, 94: 26, 100: 50, 104: 199.
  

• "Bits & Pieces from Here & There: Bahamas." British Caribbean Philatelic Journal 12 (June 1972): 91. Notes: Announcement of the reappearance of the Freeport TRD described on page 54 of the BCPJ issue of April, 1970.
  

• "Bits & Pieces from Here & There." British Caribbean Philatelic Journal 67: 91, 68: 121, 69: 154, 70: 185.
  

• Black, H. Moreton. "The Bahamas Landfall Overprint." Stamp Collecting (June 22, 1951): 436-437, 443.
  

• Black, H. Moreton. "Flaws on the Bahamas King's Head Type." Stamp Collecting (October 5, 1951): 75, 77.
  

• Black, H. Moreton. "The Bahamas Landfall Overprint, Seal Type 2/- & 3/-." Stamp Collecting (January 25th, 1952): 601, 603. Notes: Descriptions and check lists of five 2/- shades, four 3/- shades, seven shift flaws (with five illustrations) and twelve type flaws (with six illustrations).
  

• Black, H. Moreton. "Censored Covers." British West Indies Study Circle Bulletin 35 (October 1962): 53. Notes: Announcement that he has been studying censored World War II covers and sees a pattern. Request for PASSED BY CENSOR handstamp or OPENED BY CENSOR or OPENED BY EXAMINER labels.
  

• Black, H. Moreton. "Some Notes on Bahamas Postmarks." British Caribbean Philatelic Journal 2 (November 1962): 82.
  

• Black, H. Moreton. "King George VI Key-Plate." British West Indies Study Circle Bulletin 40 (January 1964): 7-8. Notes: Description and illustration of 3d. blue with damaged "E" of Three and "P" of Pence.
  

• Black, H. Moreton. "A Rare Bahamas 'Landfall' Variety Full Stop after 'Columbus.'" British West Indies Study Circle Bulletin 41 (April 1964): 26-27. Notes: Detailed description and information regarding the full stop variety on the 3s. value (S.G. 173). Announcement of the discovery of this variety also on the 2s.
  

• Black, H. Moreton. "Bahamas Airmail of 1928." British Caribbean Philatelic Journal 5 (July 1965): 74.
  

• Black, H. Moreton. "Wartime Censored Covers of the Bahamas." British Caribbean Philatelic Journal 6 (November 1966): 34.
  

• Black, H. Moreton. "Some Notes on Bahamas Postmarks." British Caribbean Philatelic Journal 6 (November 1966): 123.
  

• Black, H. Moreton. "Bahamas Landfall Varieties." British Caribbean Philatelic Journal 12 (February 1972): 4
  

• Black, H. Moreton. "The Bahamas 1967 Woodfree Paper Stamps." British Caribbean Philatelic Journal 12 (August 1972): 100.
  

• Black, H. Moreton. "The King George VI 2d Registration Envelope: A New Discovery." British Caribbean Philatelic Journal 21 (October 1981): 118.
  

• Bradbury, Louis E. "Bahamas, 1859-83." The London Philatelist 30 (1921): 41, 65, and 97.
  

• "Boston, Nassau Northeast Route." [Newspaper? Date?] Note: Announcement of Northeast Airlines' inaugural service from Boston and New York City to Freeport and Nassau. Includes information on how to send covers to receive an inaugural cachet.
  

• Bradbury, Louis E. "1862 Issue, Perf. 11." The London Philatelist 31 (1922): 232.
  

• Bradbury, Louis E. "The Birth of Bahamas Postage." The London Philatelist 33 (1924): 85.
  

• Bradbury, Louis E. "1859 1d.: Scratches on the Plate." The London Philatelist 36 (1927): 32 and 62.
  

• Bradbury, Louis E. "1862 Issue, perf. 'Barely 12.'" The London Philatelist 36 (1927): 31, 38 (1929): 257.
  

• Bradbury, Louis E. "Bahamas." The London Philatelist 45 (1936) 84. Notes: Report on a display given during a meeting of the society.
  

• Bradbury, Louis E. "Early Proofs and Essays." The London Philatelist 47 (1938): 107.
  

• Bradbury, Louis E. "1862-63 4d. Crown CC, perf. 12½." The London Philatelist 53 (1944): 49.
  

• Branston, Alfred J. "Bahamas." British West Indies Study Circle Bulletin 7 (October 1955): 33. Notes: Query for knowlege regarding Long Cay, F.I. (Fortune Island) cancellation.
  

• Branston, Alfred J. "The Spiro Forgeries." British West Indies Study Circle Bulletin 72 (March 1972): 15. Notes: He states that the 1d, 4d, 6d, and 1/ of the Queen Victoria issues were forged. Complete panes of the stamps are believed to exist. He would like to examine a pane of the 4d stamp to determine the location of an apparently constant flaw.
  

• Branston, Alfred J. "The Spiro Forgeries of the Bahamas." The London Philatelist 81 (1972): 60, 77, and 102.
  

• Branston, Alfred J. "Bahamas 1884-98 Specimens." British Caribbean Philatelic Journal 12 (August 1972): 102.
  

• Branston, Alfred J. "The Bahamas Imperial Lighthouse Service." British West Indies Study Circle Bulletin 25 (April 1960): 23. Notes: From Notes and Queries: Bahamas. Brief description of two of the Lighthouse Service cancellations from when the service was controlled by the Ministry of Transport and Civil Aviation and earlier by the Ministry of Shipping. Branston has not seen a cancellation example from when the service was formerly controlled by the Board of Trade. He requests the dates of "all strikes."
  

• Branston, Alfred J. "Crowned Circle Marks." British West Indies Study Circle Bulletin 25 (April 1960): 23. Notes: From Notes and Queries: Bahamas. Brief description of how the "Paid at Bahamas" crowned circle mark used in 1943/4 is different from the earlier one from the ninteenth century. This is contrary to the note in the British West Indies Study Circle Bulletin from January 1960, page 7.
  

• Branston, Alfred J. "The Non-Standard Postmarks." British West Indies Study Circle Bulletin 12 (January 1957): 5-6. Notes: Description of five types of temporary date stamps. Announcement of an attempt to catalogue the various postmarks and a request for other types.
  

• Branston, Alfred J. "Bahamas." British West Indies Study Circle Bulletin 16 (January 1958): 6. Notes: Response to Coasby's information on Lignum Vitae Cay CDS (BWISC No. 14, p. 40). Brief description of the datestamp's deformity.

• Branston, Alfred J. "Bahamas: The E.R.P. Cancellation, The J.H.P. Cancellation." British West Indies Study Circle Bulletin 18 (July 1958): 32. Notes: Reveals that these are the initials of the Nassau's Comptroller of Customs. They are revenue cancellations and Branston believes the cancelled stamps are receipts for invoices or clearances.
  

• Branston, Alfred J. "Bahamas." British West Indies Study Circle Bulletin 22 (July 1959): 46-47. Notes: Detailed description, and request for examples and use dates, of the Nassau registered cancellor of 1860 (Ludington's R01).
  

• Britnor, Leonard E. "A Damaged Postmark." British West Indies Study Circle Bulletin 6 (July 1955): 26-27. Notes: Description of a damaged Nassau CDS from the 1920's (Ludington's N5 late state).
  

• Britnor, Leonard E. "Modern Postmarks." British West Indies Study Circle Bulletin 11 (October 1956): 49-50. Notes: Description of the Out Island mail (specifically Berry Islands), Ludington's N5 late state CDS, and N8. Britnor encourages collectors to continue the study of Bahamian postmarks begun by Gisburn's Postage Stamps and Postal History of the Bahamas.
  

• Britnor, Leonard E. "The 'Fish Head' Postmark." British West Indies Study Circle Bulletin 13 (April 1957): 17-18. Notes: Brief description of the Cat Cay "marlin head" cancellation and a request for additional information. In response, the editor reprints a letter detailing the story regarding the creation and use of this postmark.
  

• Britnor, Leonard E. "Bahamas." British West Indies Study Circle Bulletin 14 (July 1957): 39-40. Notes: Brief information about the Spencer's Point post office in response to N. Garrard's query (BWISC No. 12). Mention of other other lumber mill towns (Millville, Abaco; Norman's Castle, Abaco; and Pine Ridge, Grand Bahama).
  

• Britnor, Leonard E. "Bahamas." British West Indies Study Circle Bulletin 18 (July 1958): 34-35. Notes: Follow-up to BWISC No. 11, p. 49. The damaged postmark (Ludington's N5 late state CDS) appears to have been damaged in stages (approximate dates given).
  

• Brown, H. V. "Bahamas Type 1 Samples." British West Indies Study Circle Bulletin 4 (January 1955): 15. Notes: Speculation that a horizontal pen stroke on SG 2 is a specimen or business sample (not to be confused with later U.P.U. specimens).
  

• Burrus, M.? "M. Burrus Collection." Philatelist 29: 249, 258.
  

• "Canadian Troops in the Bahamas in World War II - Update." British Caribbean Philatelic Journal (September 1988): 101-103. Notes: Update to the BCPJ (June 1988) article. Descriptions and illustrations of three additional military mail covers from Canadian Troops in the Bahamas. Explanation and illustration of a full strike of the dumb-killer cancellation. Two covers show manuscript censorship markings.
  

• Carriker, C. "Is it a Cover from Inner or Outer Space?" British Caribbean Philatelic Journal 23 (December 1983): 134, 24 (February 1984): 14. Notes: See also 24 (April 1984): 42.
  

• "Cat Cay Post Office Closed." Western Stamp Collector (May 28, 1968): p?
  

• Coasby, L. R. "Bahamas." British West Indies Study Circle Bulletin 14 (July 1957): 40. Notes: Response to L. E. Britnor's article about postal service in the Berry Islands (BWISC No. 11). Provides some information regarding the Lignum Vitae Cay, Berry Islands post office.
  

• Coasby, L. R. "Bahamas." British West Indies Study Circle Bulletin 17 (April 1958): 16-17. Notes: Information on handstamped slogan cancellations, Nassau damaged CDS, Lignum Vitae Cay. Recommendation to abandon Gisburn's postmark numbering system and create a new one. Comments and additions to Ludington's various postmark types.
  

• Coasby, L. R. "Bahamas." British West Indies Study Circle Bulletin 18 (July 1958): 33-34. Notes: Conclusion of BWISC No. 17, p. 17. Listing of 11 postmark types which include over 120 datestamps.
  

• Coasby, L. R. "Bahamas." British West Indies Study Circle Bulletin 20 (January 1959): 6. Notes: Over five corrections to BWISC No. 17 & 18 and over seven additions including information on the E.R.P. fiscal cancellation and Ludington's N5 CDS.
  

• Coasby, L. R. "Bahamas." British West Indies Study Circle Bulletin 29 (April 1961): 23-26. Notes: Query regarding the "27" postmark and observation that there seems to have been only one cancellor. Descriptions of over 36 Nassau cancellations (steel CES, machine, registered, official paid, parcel post, ship letter, airmmail) in approximately 28 types.
  

• Colberg, Dick. "Bahamas' Earliest Postmark was 1802." Lancaster New Era (August 27, 1996): B1-2.
  

• "Colonial P.O. Report, 1911-12, Extracts." The Postage Stamp 12 (1919?): 257.
  

• "Colonial P.O. Report, 1919-20, Extracts." The Postage Stamp 23 (ca. 1921?): 213.
  

• Creeke, A. B. "Stamps of the Bahamas." Stamp Collector's Fortnightly 23 (1917?): 68.
  

• Dalwick, R. E. R. "The 'Interinsular' First Penny Stamp." The Stamp Lover 1 (1908-1909): 9.
  

• Davis, Trevor. "The Postal History of the Bahamas." The London Philatelist 95 (1986): 140. Notes: Report on a display given during a meeting of the society.
  

• Davis, Trevor. "Bahamas Handstamped Publicity Slogans (1915-36)." British Caribbean Philatelic Journal 145: 113. Notes: Postal Markings.
  

• Davis, Trevor. "1941 Provisional Postcard." British West Indies Study Circle Bulletin 132 (March 1987): 15-16. Notes: Answer to Charles Freeland's request for information (BWISC 130 September 1986 p. 47) on the George VI provisional postcard. Announcement and illustration of the only newly recorded example (used with purple censor handstamp). Query about which country applied the censor marking.
  

• Dehn, Roy. "Bahamas Spiro Forgeries." The London Philatelist 81 (1972): 160.
  

• de Worms, P. "1862-63: De La Rue Printings from Perkins Bacon Plates." The London Philatelist 41 (1932): 4.
  

• Doyle, Alan F. "Bahamas (1942) 'Chief Censor' Handstamp." British Caribbean Philatelic Journal 22 (April 1982): 63, 68. Illustration and description of "Chief Censor" marking from 1942.
  

• Drewett, S. "1954 Definitives, 6d, with 'O' Overprint." British Caribbean Philatelic Journal 33 (March 1993): 25. Notes: In Caribbean Round-up.
  

• Eareé, Rev. Robert B. "Forgeries." Gibbons' Stamp Weekly 4 (1909?) 215 and 232.
  

• Eastern to Make Bahamas Flight." [Journal? Date? p?] Note: Announcement of Eastern Airlines' inaugural service from Baltimore and Philadelphia to Nassau. Includes information on how to send covers to receive inaugural cachet.
  

• Easton, John. "The De La Rue Printings, Bahamas: 1862-1900 (SG Types 1,2 and 3." The London Philatelist 70 (1961): 160-62. Notes: Listing of the number of stamps printed and the invoice dates for every known printing of each type. Perforation size and watermark information are also provided.
  

• Fernbank, Peter. "Bahamas Specimen Variety." British West Indies Study Circle Bulletin 157 (June 1993): 31. Notes: Description and illustrations of damage to the M and N of the 1912 KGV specimen overprint. Mention of another constant specimen overprint variety. Query if the aforementioned variety exists on earlier or later issues.
  

• Fernbank, Peter. "Bahamas 3d War Tax - Sheets of 59!" British West Indies Study Circle Bulletin 157 (June 1993): 32. Notes: Description of the 1918 Queen's Staircase 3d War Tax purple on yellow and explanation of why the printer removed one stamp from each sheet. This stamp (Row 1, stamp 12) is below the sheet number and coincidently contains the "half extra tree trunk" variety. Query seeking blocks with this missing stamp or examples showing the sheet's renumbering.
  

• Fernbank, Peter. "Bahamas Q.V. Broken Frame Flaw." British West Indies Study Circle Bulletin 158 (September 1993): 48. Notes: Illustration and description of a broken frame flaw above the "NN" of the 1884 one penny. Query if this is a printing blemish or a constant variety.
  

• Fernbank, Peter. "Bahamas - 1884 Broken Frame Flaw." British West Indies Study Circle Bulletin 161 (June 1994): 30. Notes: Response to September 1993 BWISC issue regarding a Queen Victoria broken frame flaw. Evidence that it was probably a one-time printing blemish rather than a constant variety.
  

• Ferndale?, F. H. "Postal Services in the Nineties." The Stamp Lover 26 (1933-1934): 378.
  

• "Forged Nassau Datestamp - Bits and Pieces." British Caribbean Philatelic Journal 28 (September 1988): 100.
  

• "Forgeries." Philatelist 10 (1876?): 70.
  

• "Forgeries." Stamp Collector's Magazine 5 (1872?): 180.
  

• "Forgeries of Perforations." The London Philatelist 10 (1902?): 300.
  

• "For the Beginners." Stamp Collector's Fortnightly 9 (1903?): 104.
  

• Gale, P. "Seven-Bar Cancel (1933)." British Caribbean Philatelic Journal 29 (September 1989): 104. Notes: In Caribbean Round-up; Postal Markings.
  

• Garrard, N. "Bahamas." British West Indies Study Circle Bulletin 12 (January 1957): 6. Notes: Query regarding the location and history of the Spencer's Point post office.
  

• Garrard, N. "Bahamas." British West Indies Study Circle Bulletin 19 (October 1958): 44. Notes: Request for information regarding the ERP fiscal cancellation on stamps with values lower than 2/- and 5/-.
  

• "General Post Office Oval." West Indies Stamps and Postal History Review 4: 2.
  

• "Geosix Features Article on Bahamas Landfall Issue." British Caribbean Philatelic Journal 12 (August 1972): 116.
  

• Giraldi, T. "'Grants Town' Handstamp and Registration Label (1984)." British Caribbean Philatelic Journal 25 (September 1985): 101. Notes: In This & That section; Postal Markings.
  

• Gisburn, Harold G. D., and Castle, J. W. "1942 Columbus Commemorative Varieties." The Stamp Magazine 10 (August 1944): 233.
  

• Godwin, H. "1917-18 Charity Stamps." British Caribbean Philatelic Journal 32 (September 1992): 91, 33 (June 1993): 42.
  

• "Gorda Cay Fast Becoming Cast-A-Way Cay." The Abaconian 5 (May 1997): 17. Notes: Announcement that a Castaway Cay, Abaco cancellation will be issued for the newly completed post office on Disney's Castaway Cay (formally Gorda Cay). Photograph illustration of the wooden post office building.
  

• Gosney, H. and Raymond, Gail J. "Canadian Troops in the Bahamas in World War II." British Caribbean Philatelic Journal 28 (June 1988): 57-59. Notes: Military Mail; Brief description of the Canadian forces assigned to protect the Governor of the Bahamas, the Duke of Windsor. Illustrations of the four known Canadian military covers and descriptions of the cancellations and Canadian Army censorship markings.
  

• "Guide to Values." Stamp Collector's Fortnightly 5 (1899?): 183 and 194.
  

• Grumbridge. "Background." Philatelist 5: 34, 58. Notes: Postal History.
  

• Hall, Robert R. "The 1918 - 1919 War Tax Overprints on the Stamps of the Bahamas." British Caribbean Philatelic Journal 1 (ca November 1961): 32. Notes: Description of the overprints and the use of the stamps. Identification of over 13 consistent varieties.
  

• Halward, Philip. "The King George VI De La Rue Printings of the Bahamas Islands." The London Philatelist 64 (1955): 3-10.
  

• Halward, Philip. "Bahamas Islands 'Error.'" The London Philatelist 76 (1967): 49.
  

• Halward, Philip. "Prominent Plate Flaws and Varieties of King George VI, Series 1938-50." The London Philatelist 78 (1969): 173.
  

• Hardy, Jack. "Students Visit Castaway Cay." Abaco Journal (November 1997) Notes: "We saw all the buildings one by one from the almost complete Post Office to the staff recreation area and private beach. The Post Office, Steve told us, would issue its own special stamps. The revenue would accrue to the Bahamas government, of course, but the stamps should be collector's items."
  

• Harwood, J. "The Chub Cay Carrier Service." British Caribbean Philatelic Journal 23 (April 1983): 32.
  

• Hatton, Denise. "The Bahamas' Sea Floor Post Office of 1939- 40." Linn's Stamp News 70 (August 18, 1997): 36-37. Notes: Review of the Williamson family's exploits in underwater engineering and photography. Details of the sea floor post office and description and illustration of its inaugural first day cover. Account of Gimbell's department store selling sea floor covers commemorating the centennial of the first postage stamp. Illustration of Turks and Caicos Islands' 1997 souvenir sheet depicting the Williamson photosphere.
  

• Haworth. "1916-17 Special Delivery." Philatelist 26: 14, 159.
  

• Heap, R. "Missent." British Caribbean Philatelic Journal 137: 135. Notes: In This & That.
  

• Heginbottom, E. "Stamps of the Bahamas." (Junior) Stamp Collector 8 (1905?): 202.
  

• Heyer, E. H. "Some Antigua & Bahamas Varieties." British Caribbean Philatelic Journal 63: 149.
  

• Hoey, S. Graham. "'Landfall' Varieties of Bahamas." Stamp Collecting (August 12, 1950): 697.
  

• Hoey, S. Graham. "Bahamas 'Landfall.'" Stamp Collecting (December 23, 1950): 455, 459.
  

• Hoey, S. Graham. "Bahamas Pictorial Cancellations." British West Indies Study Circle Bulletin 8 (January 1956): 7. Notes: Description of the Cat Cay, Bimini marlin head and cat-on-key cancellations. They are mistakenly identified as duplex cancellations. The marlin (tarpon) head cancellation is correctly identified as being from Cat Cay rather than Tarpum Bay.
  

• Hoey, S. Graham. "Bahamas." British West Indies Study Circle Bulletin 28 (January 1961): 8-9. Notes: Request for additional information on constant flaws on De La Rue duty plates used from 1884-1919. Information provided on when each value was invoiced. Speculation that certain duty plates were used up until the early KG VI issues when they were destroyed in the Blitz and subsequently replaced.
  

• Hoey, S. Graham. "Display." The London Philatelist 82 (1973): 70. Notes: Report on a display given during a meeting of the society.
  

• Hoey, S. Graham. "Early P.A.A. Flights to Bahamas." British Caribbean Philatelic Journal 40: 125.
  

• Hoey, S. Graham. "First Daily Flight, Nassau-Miami." British Caribbean Philatelic Journal 50: 143.
  

• Hoey, S. Graham. "Bahamas Postal Stationery." British Caribbean Philatelic Journal 93: 182, 97: 121.
  

• Hoey, S. Graham. "1930 and 1937 Coil Stamps." British Caribbean Philatelic Journal 161: 139.
  

• Hoey, S. Graham. "Postal Stationery, Update." British Caribbean Philatelic Journal 165: 119.
  

• Huber, Harry E. "War Tax Stamps." Stamp Collector's Fortnightly 24 (1918?): 132.
  

• Huber, Harry E. "1916-18 Special Delivery." The Stamp Lover 23 (1930-1931): 151.
  

• "Information, Please!" British Caribbean Philatelic Journal 52: 214.
  

• "In Tapling Collection." Stanley Gibbons' Monthly Journal? 5 (1895?): 175.
  

• "Insight: Bahamas." Sixth Sense No. 5 (February 1996): 6cp.?
  

• Ireland, J. "A Simple Life Collection of Bahamas." The Postage Stamp 10 (1917?): 308.
  

• Kronish, Syd. "Bahamas Issues Straw Christmas." Atlanta Journal-Constitution (October 26, 1980): p.? Notes: Announcement and description of 1980 Christmas stamps (S.G. 573-576, Scott 480-483) which promote straw hats, handbags, and other items sold to tourists.
  

• Krause, Barry. "Sea Floor Mail from the Bahamas." Global Stamp News (December 1999): pp. ?, 27 & 28. Notes: Brief postal history of the Bahamas and reasons to collect Bahamian stamps and covers. A little Information on John Ernest Williamson and the use of his photosphere as an underwater post office. Illustrations of a Sea Floor first day cover and Sea Floor penny black centennial anniversary cover.
  

• Lees, James A. "German Propaganda Forgeries for Great Britain." Scott Stamp Monthly (September 2000): 37. Notes: Includes description and illustration of the Bahamas "Liquidation of Empire" overprints on King George VI parody definitives.
  

• Limrick, B. "New (1979) 'PAQUEBOT' Cancel." British Caribbean Philatelic Journal 110: 25.
  

• Lleida, J. V. "Some Current Nassau Postmarks." British Caribbean Philatelic Journal 65: 25.
  

• Lockyer, Richard. "King George VI Varieties: Part 27 - Bahamas, The 1942 Landfall Issue." G.S.M.[Gibbons Stamp Monthly?] (February 1993) 99-101.
  

• Ludington, Morris H. "The Handstamped Slogan Cancellations of the Bahamas." British West Indies Study Circle Bulletin 1 (April 1954): 3-4. Notes: Brief description of three Nassau publicity slogans [HS 2, HS 3, HS 4] and two others from Rock Sound, Eleuthera [HS I, HS II]. Query about Bahamian pictorial postmarks and the origin of the [Cat Cay, Bimini] fish [marlin] head cancellation [TRC PII].
  

• Ludington, Morris H. "Bahamas Postal Markings." British West Indies Study Circle Bulletin 15 (October 1957): 50-52. Notes: Descriptions of nineteen types and over forty postmarks which supplement and sometimes correct Gisburn's chapter on Bahamian postal markings.
  

• Ludington, Morris H. "Bahamas." British West Indies Study Circle Bulletin 16 (January 1958): 4-5. Notes: Conclusion of Bulletin No. 15. p. 52. Descriptions of over 70 postmarks which supplement Gisburn's work. These and other findings are contained in Ludington's Bahamas Early Mail Services and Postal Markings (1982).
  

• Ludington, Morris H. "Postal Markings." British West Indies Study Circle Bulletin 17 (April 1958): 16. Notes: A few corrections and additions to earlier his articles (BWISC Nos. 15 & 16).
  

• Ludington, Morris H. "Bahamas Postal Markings." British West Indies Study Circle Bulletin 21 (April 1959): 24-28. Notes: Reply to a number of Coasby's queries. Reclassification of Gisburn's Types 14 and 22. Evidence that the 27 bar cancellation was applied in Nassau. Descriptions of over 170 postmarks in 9 Types.
  

• Ludington, Morris H. "Bahamas." British West Indies Study Circle Bulletin 40 (January 1964): 6-7. Notes: Over twenty additions and corrections to S. Graham Hoey's check list of essays and proofs (BWISC No. 39, October 1963).
  

• Ludington, Morris H. "The Local 'Special Delivery' Overprints of 1916-1917." British Caribbean Philatelic Journal 12: 21.
  

• Ludington, Morris H. "Nassau Datestamps." British Caribbean Philatelic Journal 17: 12.
  

• Ludington, Morris H. "Bahamas Machine Cancellations." British Caribbean Philatelic Journal 17: 14.
  

• Ludington, Morris H. "Postal Markings of Nassau." British Caribbean Philatelic Journal 20: 70.
  

• Ludington, Morris H. "The Bahama Islands: Postal Markings of Nassau." The Stamp Lover (September - October 1966): 130-134, 146-147. Notes: Includes some amendments and updates to the author's study originally published in the British Cari bbean Philatelic Journal (20: 70). Subjects include: General purpose stamps and datestamps with only "Bahamas"; Paid stamps; Ship mail stamps; Bar cancellations; Hand stamped slogans; Registered, Parcel Post and Air Mail stamps; and miscellaneous including instructional stamps. These and other findings are contained in Ludington's Bahamas Early Mail Services and Postal Markings (1982).
  

• Ludington, Morris H. "The Locally Overprinted Special "Delivery Stamps of 1916-1917." British Caribbean Philatelic Journal 29: 20.
  

• Ludington, Morris H. "1916-17 Special Delivery, Locally Overprinted." Philatelist 32: 131, 158, 205.
  

• Ludington, Morris H. "Straight-line Handstamps." Philatelist 40: 179. Notes: Postal History.
  

• Ludington, Morris H. "Some Notes on Postal History Research in Nassau." British Caribbean Philatelic Journal 52: 218.
  

• Ludington, Morris H. "Supplementary Notes to The Bahama Islands by Ludington & Raymond." British Carib bean Philatelic Journal 55: 71.
  

• Ludington, Morris H. "Bahamas Earliest Official Out Island Postmarks?" British Caribbean Philatelic Journal 66: 42.
  

• Ludington, Morris H. "New Bahamas Type Numbers." British Caribbean Philatelic Journal 67: 87.
  

• Ludington, Morris H. "Out Island Use of Bahamas Woodfree Stamps." British Caribbean Philatelic Journal 69: 141.
  

• Ludington, Morris H. "Forgeries." British Caribbean Philatelic Journal 148: 100. Notes: Postal Markings.
  

• Ludington, Morris H. "1930 and 1937 coil stamps." British Caribbean Philatelic Journal 167: 61. Notes: In Caribbean Round-up.
  

• Ludington, Morris H. "1860-63 Unwatermarked Issues, Perforation Varieties." British Caribbean Philatelic Journal 186: 88.
  

• Ludington, Morris H. and Raymond, Gail J. "The Bahama Islands." Philatelist 35: 299. Notes: Addenda to book.
  

• McFarlan, William M. "Meters Come to Bahamas." British Caribbean Philatelic Journal vol. 8, n. 45 (October 1968): 173. Notes: Announcement of the introduction of meter stamps to the Bahamas. Three of the estimated 33 users of the meter machines are identified. Includes illustrations of the meter stamp for The Royal Bank of Canada and a local newspaper advertisement for Pitney Bowes' postage meter machines.
  

• McFarlan, William M. "By Freighter to Inagua in 1938." British Caribbean Philatelic Journal 50: 133.
  

• McNaughton, James. "Stampless Cover." Linn's Stamp Weekly (August 10, 1987): 4. Notes: Description of incident where stampless covers, which had been thrown in the trash, were mysteriously posted and delivered without postage due. Illustration of one of the covers with Nassau CDS.
  

• Mann, E. W. "The Vignette Plates of the Queen's Staircase Issue." The London Philatelist 28 (1919): 269.
  

• "Missent Marking - This and That." British Caribbean Philatelic Journal 128: 159.
  

• "Missent Marks." West Indies Stamps and Postal History Review 9: 3.
  

• Nankivell, Edward J. "Bahamas for Beginners." Philatelic Record 20 (1899?) 50.
  

• Nankivell, Edward J. "Stamps of the Bahamas." Gibbons' Stamp Weekly 2 (1907?): 349.

• Nankivell, Edward J. "Stamps of the Bahamas." The Postage Stamp 1 (1907?): 151.
  

• Nankivell, Edward J. "The First Penny Stamp of the Bahamas." The Postage Stamp 1 (1907?): 307.
  

• "1901 1d. Imperf., Inverted Watermark, Find." The Stamp Lover 42 (1949-50): 145.
  

• "Notes on Bahamas." Gibbons' Stamp Weekly 9 (1914?): 291.
  

• "1d. 'CC,' Perf. 14X12½, Discovered." Alfred Smith & Son's Monthly Circular (1902): 2.
  

• "1s., Green, Wmk. 'CC,' with Compound Perforation, Discovered." Alfred Smith & Son's Monthly Circular (1901): 106, (1902): 2.
  

• "Official Paid Marks." West Indies Stamps and Postal History Review 17: 2.
  

• "Pan American Flights to the Bahamas." Western Stamp Collector (April 20, 1968): p? Notes: Announcement of Pan American's inaugural flight between New York City and Freeport and also between Washington, D.C. and Freeport and Nassau. Provides information on obtaining inaugural cachets.
  

• Pemberton, E. L. "Stamps of the Bahamas." Stamp Collector's Magazine 8 (1901): 52.
  

• "Postage Stamps and Postal History of the Bahamas by H. G. D. Gisburn." The Stamp Lover 42 (1949-1950): 219. Notes: Review of book.
  

• Philip, H. "K.G. VI Duty Plate Issues - Flaws." The Stamp Magazine 25 (November 1958): 136, 25 (February 1959): 316.
  

• "Postal Markings - This and That." British Caribbean Philatelic Journal 136: 100.
  

• "Postmarks of the Bahamas." The British West Indian Philatelist 1 (March 1950): 6.
  

• Potter, W. J. W. "Bahamas - K.G. VI." Stamp Collecting (November 18, 1950): 267.
  

• "Proposed New Issue." Alfred Smith & Son's Monthly Circular (1895): 1.
  

• Purves, J. R. W. "Master Plates of the Staircase Type." Philatelic Journal of Great Britain 32: 91.
  

• Ramkissoon, Reuben A. "Unusual Antarctic Polar Covers - With a Bahamas Twist!" British Caribbean Philatelic Journal 42: 4 (October 2002): 22. Notes: Bruce Dod recounts how stamps of the Bahamas came to document a number of polar paquebot covers he serviced on a 1995 visit to Antarctica. Illustration of front and back of one cover.
  

• Raymond, Gale. J. "Bahamas." British West Indies Study Circle Bulletin 17 (April 1958): 17. Notes: Brief description of the Upper Bogue T.R.D. (Ludington's TRD 2OV).
  

• Raymond, Gale J. "Bahamas Newsletter." British Caribbean Philatelic Journal 2: 11, 3: 23, 5: 6, 7: 38, 8: 48, 10: 81, 27: 91, 32: 82, 33: 107, 34: 126.
  

• Raymond, Gale J. "Bahamas." British West Indies Study Circle Bulletin 29 (April 1961): 22-23. Notes: Descriptions of over 23 postmarks in about 4 types. Information on hurricane related postal adversities for Pirate's Well and Abrahams Bay. Query regarding the existance of a Salvador Point post office. Request for reports of postmarks from lumber camps, Old Place and the earliest date for the Shirley Street post office. Note that the Nassau Daily Tribune has published a series of four illustrated articles by John E. Williamson on the Sea Floor post office.
  

• Raymond, Gale J. "Bahamas." British West Indies Study Circle Bulletin 30 (July 1961): 47. Notes: History and report of the closing of the Walker's Cay post office. Descriptions of 3 other Out Island cancellations.
  

• Raymond, Gale J. "Bahamas Newsletter." British Caribbean Philatelic Journal 1 (September 1961): 23. Notes: Observation that unpostmarked Out-Island mail is cancelled in Nassau with the General Post Office c.d.s. or the "B" killer postmark and sometimes both. Information about parcel post branch (and its postmarks) on New Providence. Descriptions of registry labels and handstamps. Announcement of a new Savannah Sound c.d.s. and a revision of SHIP MAIL NASSAU description. Description of Wilson City's location in relation to Spencer's Point and question of the existence of a "Wilson City" post office.
  

• Raymond, Gale J. "Bahamas." British West Indies Study Circle Bulletin 31 (October 1961): 65. Notes: Information on Spencer's Point and Wilson City. Speculation that there was never a Wilson City post office but rather it was Spencer's Point. Request for any informaiton regarding a Wilson City postmark.
  

• Raymond, Gale J. "Bahamas Newsletter." British Caribbean Philatelic Journal 2 (January 1962): 6. Notes: Descriptions of Abaco and Grand Bahama lumbercamps and their post offices. Detailed description of Wilson City (Spencer's Point) and brief information on Norman's Castle, Millville, Cornwall, and Pine Ridge. Announcement of a new c.d.s. for Motimers, Long Island (Ludington's 8).
  

• Raymond, Gale J. "Bahamas Newsletter." British Caribbean Philatelic Journal 2 (May 1962): 38. Notes: Announcement of the issue of the City of Nassau Centenary commemoratives. Story about an individual hoarding the stamps which necessitated their reprinting. Speculation that postally used copies (especially with Out-Island cancellations) may be elusive. Announcements and information on postmarks of Ragged Island, Clarence Town, Fox Town, McKennons, Nassau, The Bight, and ship mail from the cruise ship Mauretania. Explanation of the meaning of "S.S." on the mailbag seals for The Bight and Arthurs Town.
  

• Raymond, Gale J. "Bahamas News and Notes." British Caribbean Philatelic Journal 11: 3, 12: 34, 13: 39, 14: 61, 15: 80, 16: 103, 17: 17, 18: 40, 20: 80, 23: 15, 24: 26, 28: 122, 29: 11, 30: 44, 31: 56, 35: 8, 36: 30, 37: 36, 38: 59, 39: 96, 4 0: 121, 42: 73, 43: 96, 44: 149, 45: 191, 46: 209, 48: 78, 49: 110, 52: 215, 53: 14, 60: 52, 67: 79, 68: 117.
  

• Raymond, Gale J. "Bahamas News and Notes." British Caribbean Philatelic Journal 3 (March 1963): 34. Notes: Response to the question of a post office on Cay Sal. Announcement of cachet envelopes for McMillan-Kennedy meeting in Nassau. Postmark additions and corrections for Sea Floor, Man-O-War Cay, Fresh Creek, Old Place, and Sweeting's Cay TRDs.
  

• Raymond, Gale J. "Bahamas News and Notes." British Caribbean Philatelic Journal 3 (September 1963): 80. Notes: Reference to The American Philatelist May 1963, p. 632 discovery announcement of a used copy of the 1941 2d. scarlet (Scott 103b) with a clear double print of the value tablet. Announcement of a new bright blue inkpad for The Current. Description of the location of Lovely Bay, Acklins Island. Identification and note of the rarity of WW-II U.S. Army Air Force station postal address used for Mayaguana, Great Exuma, South Caicos, and Nassau (which had a special datestamp). Evidence that the early 1d. "Chalon Head" may have been used fiscally on deeds. Note of a 4d. Queen Victoria with Indian head-dress style killer cancel thought to be from Cherokee Sound.
  

• Raymond, Gale J. "Bahamas News and Notes." British Caribbean Philatelic Journal 3 (November 1963): 103. Notes: Announcement of the issuing of the Red Cross Centenary pair. Brief description of the Freedom from Hunger error showing the missing Bahamas imprint. Announcement that the Williamson photosphere (Sea Floor post office) appears on a 1962 stamp of Monaco. Information about a shirt with Bahamas postage stamp designs. Description of highlights from a large collection of Out Island postmarks from 1930. Warning about a Bimini, FE 8 92 CDS on cleaned fiscally-used high-catalogue stamps.
  

• Raymond, Gale J. British West Indies Study Circle Bulletin 41 (April 1964) 27. Notes: Announcements of the opening of Binnacle Hill and Salina Point post offices, and new machine cancellers for Mackey Street, Freeport and West End.
  

• Raymond, Gale J. "Bahamas News and Notes." British Caribbean Philatelic Journal 9 (June 1969): 109. Notes: Explanation of John Gavelek's theory on the use of Out Island "PAID" TRD's. Report of the use of the "B" obliterators and their replacement Nassau cancellation. Description of a Stede Bonnet "mail-boat" cover and stamped Rolleville? cover with inked out stamp value and new value penned in. Brief description of CDS for Church Grove's new post office and red ink TRD for San Andros. Report of a Sea Floor post office cover that may be nonphilatelic, and note of a rubberstamp impression depicting the photosphere.
  

• Raymond, Gale J. "The Bahamas 'Star' postmarks." British Caribbean Philatelic Journal 15: 74.
  

• Raymond, Gale J. "Freeport, Bahamas, Ship Mail Datestamp." British Caribbean Philatelic Journal 21: 109.
  

• Raymond, Gale J. "Grand Bahama Island, Bahamas." British Caribbean Philatelic Journal 21: 113.
  

• Raymond, Gale J. "The Abaco Islands and Cays, Bahamas." British Caribbean Philatelic Journal 25: 43.
  

• Raymond, Gale J. "Bimini, Bahamas, Special Cancellations." British Caribbean Philatelic Journal 29: 11.
  

• Raymond, Gale J. "The Mayaguana Island Postal Markings of Bahamas." British Caribbean Philatelic Journal 36: 23.
  

• Raymond, Gale J. "Mayaguana PO Markings Studied." Linn's Weekly Stamp News (July 8, 1968): p?
  

• Raymond, Gale J. "Satellite Tracking Stations (1950s and 1960s)." British Caribbean Philatelic Journal 139: 42. Notes: Military Mail: U.S. Forces.
  

• Raymond, Gale J. "Ramblin' around on Exuma, Bahamas." British Caribbean Philatelic Journal 56: 119.
  

• Raymond, Gale J. "Coopers Town, Abaco (1921 Cover with Manuscript Cancels)." British Caribbean Philatelic Journal 123: 170.
  

• Raymond, Gale J. "Bahamas Tracking Stations." British Caribbean Philatelic Journal 139: 42.
  

• Raymond, Gale J. "Bahamas - A USN [United States Navy] Special Operation (1954)." British Caribbean Philatelic Journal 143: 48. Notes: Military Mail: U.S. Forces.
  

• Raymond, Gale J. "Canadian Forces (WWII)." British Caribbean Philatelic Journal 148: 101. Notes: Military Mail.
  

• Raymond, Gale J. "Variety." 155: 62. Notes: Postal Markings.
  

• Raymond, Gale J. "Air Mail Special Delivery." British Caribbean Philatelic Journal 156: 98. Notes: Postal Markings.
  

• Raymond, Gale J. "Cable Beach, Opening of (1988)." British Caribbean Philatelic Journal 156: 98. Notes: In Caribbean Round-up; Post Offices.
  

• Raymond, Gale J. "Chubb Cay." British Caribbean Philatelic Journal 159: 57. Notes: Postal Markings.
  

• Raymond, Gale J. "Whale Cay." British Caribbean Philatelic Journal 159: 57. Notes: Postal Markings.
  

• Raymond, Gale J. "Berry Islands." British Caribbean Philatelic Journal 159: 57. Notes: Post Offices.
  

• Raymond, Gale J. "Cay Sal." British Caribbean Philatelic Journal 162: 19. Notes: Post Offices.
  

• Raymond, Gale J. "New Postmarks (1993-94)." British Caribbean Philatelic Journal 172: 86. Notes: Military Mail: U.S. Forces.
  

• Raynor, P. "Missent." British Caribbean Philatelic Journal 135: 48. Notes: Postal Markings.
  

• Raynor, P. "'Return to Sender' (1986-87)." British Caribbean Philatelic Journal 158: 10. Notes: Postal Markings.
  

• "Remainders." Stamp Collector's Guardian 1 (1899?): 22 and 49.
  

• Ricksecker, C. G. "Bahamas Post Offices." British Caribbean Philatelic Journal 77: 11.
  

• Roberts, Peter J. "Abaco's Philatelic Flotsam & Jetsam." Postmark Atlanta [Newsletter of the Atlanta Stamp Collectors Club] (September 2001): pp. 3-5. Notes: Description of the post offices of Sandy Point, Cherokee Sound, Marsh Harbour, Treasure Cay, Green Turtle Cay, Great Guana Cay, Man-O-War Cay, and Hope Town. Includes photographs of the post offices in Sandy Point, Cherokee Sound, and Hope Town, as well as an illustration of the manuscript cancellation used by the Man-O-War post mistress in January of 2000.
  

• Rooke, H. F. "A Bogus Bahamas Surcharge." The Philatelist 32 (date?): p. 138. Notes: Illustration and brief description of an inverted "Half Penny" overprint on Gibbons No. 53 (Scott No. 29).
  

• "Royal Philatelic Society, London." The London Philatelist 61 (May 1952): 79-80. Notes: Detailed description of a display of 500 pages from Louis E. Bradbury's collection of Bahamian stamps which were bequeathed to the Royal Philatelic Society.
  

• Sagesse. "You Need These! Bahamas 1/- C.W.15a and 5/- C.W.16aa." Stamp Magazine (January 1959): p?
  

• Sandford, P. "Departmental 'Official' Marks." West Indies Stamps and Postal History Review 10: 4.
  

• Sawyer, C. E. "A Postmark Novice on New Providence Island." British Caribbean Philatelic Journal 53: 3.
  

• Schmitt, Frederick P. "Visit to the Bahamas Sea Gardens." Covers (June 1957): 12-13. Notes: Illustration and brief description of the 4d sea gardens pictorial stamp of 1938 (S.G. 158) and the sea gardens. Some information on the Williamson expedition, the Sea Floor post office, and related postal markings. Illustration of Sea Floor TRD (Ludington's TRD 2OV I).
  

• Schmitt, Frederick P. "Sea Floor, Bahamas: The Story of a Postal History Collection." Ephemera News (Winter 1999, Vol 17, No. 2): 7-8. Notes: Story of Fred Schmitt's interest in collecting Sea Floor postal history and short history of the post office. Illustration of first day cover, Turks and Caicos Islands (1997) souvenir sheet honouring John Williamson, and photo looking down into the photosphere showing postal clerks postmarking letters.
  

• Serrane, Fernand. "The Serrane Guide." The American Philatelist 107 (January 1993): 57. Notes: Bahamian section of The American Philatelist's serialization of Serrane's illustrated guide to forgeries.
  

• Seifert, F. F. "More Cat-on-Key Strikes Found." British Caribbean Philatelic Journal 47: 20.
  

• Seifert, F. F. "A TRD Grows in Freeport." British Caribbean Philatelic Journal 54: 54.
  

• "6d. 'CC,' Perf. 14X12½, Discovered." Alfred Smith & Son's Monthly Circular (1903): 62.
  

• "Stamps of 1890." Philatelic Journal of Great Britain 6 (1897?): 33.
  

• "Stamps Sold in the Fiscal Year 1902-03." The London Philatelist 13 (1909): 180.
  

• "Stamps Under the Lamp: Bahamas Geo. VI 4d. and 6d." Stamp Collecting (February 5, 1949): p? Notes: Brief description of the differences between pre-war (1938) and war-time (June, 1944) printings as shown with a quartz lamp.
  

• Sternfels, Martin M. "Special Delivery Stamps." British West Indies Study Circle Bulletin 13 (April 1957): 17. Notes: The author questions the need for the stamps. He believes that a large percentage of the issued stamps were damaged by being stuck together by their gum.
  

• Sternfels, Martin M. "Bahamas." British West Indies Study Circle Bulletin 22 (July 1959): 46. Notes: Response to Garrard's query (BWISC No. 19, p. 44) providing information on the J.H.P. (not E.R.P.) fiscal cancellation on values below 2 shillings.
  

• Stitt, William Britton. "Bahamas." British West Indies Study Circle Bulletin 22 (July 1959): 47. Notes: Description of three single circle Nassau postmarks (Ludington's N8, D4a, and D1b) and two wavy line cancellations (Ludington's M5 and M6). Evidence that D1b was manufactured in the United States. Observation on the contemporary use of the B bar cancellation (Ludington's K5?). Evidence that the Cat Cay, Bimini, Marlin Head postmark (Ludington's TRC PII) is not part of a duplex cancellation.
  

• Stone, J. W. M. "The Colonial and Foreign Dies of Perkins, Bacon & Co., 1847-85." The London Philatelist 78 (1969): 131 and 228.
  

• "Special Delivery Stamps." Stamp Collecting 9 (1921?): 325.
  

• Summers, F. R. B. "Quoting You." Stamp Collecting (September 19, 1952): p?
  

• Titford, Rose. "Bahamas." British West Indies Study Circle Bulletin 16 (January 1958): 6. Notes: Query about the existance of a stright-line 'BAHAMAS' (Ludington's B3) on cover dated prior to 9th March 1836.
  

• Titford, Rose. "Bahamas." British West Indies Study Circle Bulletin 29 (April 1961): 23. Notes: Response to Norman Garrard's query regarding the significance of the "A," "B," or "C" letters in Gisburn's type 6-a. It is erroneously suggested that they correspond to the times of the day the cancellations were made.
  

• Twedell, Edward T. "World War II Civil Censorship in Bahamas." British Caribbean Philatelic Journal 186 (March 1998): 17-24. Notes: Provides updated information to Watts'and Black's article in Roses Handbook No. 2. Presents new alphanumeric system of identifying the censorship devices. Descriptions and illustrations of seven handstamps and six censor lables. Contains timeline and eight tables.
  

• "Varieties Uncatalogued."Stamp Collecting (April 17, 1948): p? Notes: Mention of a variety of King George VI 5/- stamps with rough perforations and shade differences.
  

• "War Stamps of the Bahamas." The Stamp Lover 7 (1915): 286.
  

• Waterous, E. "Air Mail Special Delivery." British Caribbean Philatelic Journal 177: 104. Notes: Postal Markings.
  

• Waterous, E. "Express." British Caribbean Philatelic Journal 177: 106. Notes: Postal Markings.
  

• Watts, Malcolm D. "A Visit to Nassau." British Caribbean Philatelic Journal 95: 43.
  

• Watts, Malcolm D. "The Abaco Islands and Their Postmarks." British Caribbean Philatelic Journal 114: 16.
  

• Watts, Malcolm D. "The Bahamas: The Abaco Islands and Their Postmarks." Caribbeana (April 1978): 17-21.
  

• Watts, Malcolm D. "The Exumas and Their Postmarks." British Caribbean Philatelic Journal 115: 47.
  

• Watts, Malcolm D. "The Bahamas: The Postmarks of Long Island, Rum Cay and San Salvador. British Caribbean Philatelic Journal 126: 63.
  

• Weinstein, Louis. "Airmail and Air Services: Freeport and Nassau to New York and St Louis, USA (TWA, 1985)." British Caribbean Philatelic Journal 148: 48.
  

• Weinstein, Louis. "First Flight Covers to the West Indies." British Caribbean Philatelic Journal 148: 99.
  

• Williams, L. N. & M. "Rarities." The Stamp Magazine 25 (July 1959): 551.
  

• Williams, L. N. "Chub Cay Local Service." The Cinderella Philatelist 23 (April 1983): 33.
  

Subjects in the B.W.I.S.C. Bulletin

• Tarpum Bay, Eleuthera cancellation. 22: 47.
  

• Cat Cay, Bimini Island cancellation. 22: 47.
  

• Early specimens or samples. 2: 7-8, 7: 40.
  

• Specimens of 1884-98 issue. 73: 34-35, 74: 80.
  

• De La Rue Colour Scheme. 11: 47-48.
  

• Modern postmarks. 22: 47, 86: 54-58.
  

• Temporary date stamps. 12: 5-6, 17: 17, 22: 49, 26: 43-46, 29: 22-23.
  

• Special Delivery Stamps. 15: 50, 29: 22, 82: 51.
  

• Watermarks. 59: 60, 61: 7.
  

• Temporary Rubber date stamps. 22: 49, 29: 26, 30: 47, 38: 51, 47: 58.
  

• Sea Floor Post Office. 36: 9-11, 38: 50.
  

• Postal Markings. 22: 47, 26: 43-44, 26: 45-46, 29: 22-26, 30: 47, 31: 66-68, 33: 19-20, 34: 43-45, 35: 55, 38: 50-51, 42: 41-43, 43: 60, 46: 37, 48: 73, 64: 10, 86: 54-58, 91: 79.
  

• Registered letter cancelers. 18: 34, 29: 26, 36: 8-9, 38: 50-51.
  

• Correction. 23: 64.
  

• KG. VI printings. 22: 48.
  

• Post Offices. 22: 48-49, 23: 63-64, 26: 43-44, 26: 45-46, 30: 47-48, 31: 65, 33: 19-20, 34: 45, 36: 9-11, 41: 27, 42: 41-42, 71: 78-79, 75: 89-91.
  

• Queen's Staircase issues. 26: 46-47, 35: 52-53.
  

• Bahamas T.R.D.s and Cancellations Handbook. 28: 18.
  

• Letters "A", "B", or "C" in cancellations. 31: 66, 31: 67, 34: 44, 35: 54-55, 37: 25-26, 38: 50.
  

• Nassau cancellors. 29: 23-26, 31: 66-67, 32: 7, TRI+TOB [?], 33: 31, 34: 42-44, 35: 52-53, 38: 49.
  

• "27" postmark. 29: 23, 31: 66, 31: 67-68, 32: 7-8.
  

• New Providence Postal History. 34: 42-43.
  

• New Constitution issue. 43: 60.
  

• "AO5" cancellation. 34: 44.
  

• Dr. Walter Hess. 35: 53, 37: 30.
  

• Accountancy marks on Transatlantic mail. 30: 53-55, 31: 65-66.
  

• 1d. pale rose QV. surface printed (SG. 47). 35: 52.
  

• Parcel post, Nassau. 35: 53.
  

• Express Delivery. 35: 53.
  

• Mackey Street Post Office. 35: 54, 37: 30.
  

• Forgeries. 35: 54, 50: 115.
  

• Gisburn's Bahamas, Notes Additions and Corrections. 37: 26-29.
  

• Postal Stationery. 37: 29-30.
  

• Bimini Post Office. 37: 31.
  

• Checklist of Essays, Colour Trials, and Proofs. 39: 64-70, 40: 6-7.
  

• Specimen stamp variety on 1d. grey (SG. 150a). 39: 70.
  

• Mail Service 1858-75. 42: 43-44.
  

• Review of "The Bahama Islands." 60: 14.
  

• 9d. surcharge on 8d. reddish-purple, light blue and bronze green (SG. 264). 47: 58.
  

• 1d. scarlet-vermilion Interinsular issue variety (SG. 40). 47: 58-59, 48: 73.
  

• Registration labels. 53: 23.
  

• 4d. light blue and red-orange Columbus overprint (SG. 168). 68: 2.
  

• Postmarks on QV. £1. Venetian red (SG. 57). 33: 19, 34: 45.
  

• Gum on first KG. VI Definitives. 74: 66.
  

• 1967 regular issue on white "woodfree" paper. 75: 86-89.
  

• Display by R.H. Austin. 77: 27-29.
  

• Relative scarcity of QV. £1. Venetian red (SG. 57) and KE VII £1. green and black (SG. 68). 79: 75-76.
  

• Ultramar overprints. 79: 83-84, 80: 17-18, 81: 39.
  

• War Tax 1919 ½d. and 1d. imperforate. 37: 27-28, 80: 6, 81: 27.
  

• Three Bahamas Ship Letters. 86: 52-54.
  

• Mail Bag seals. 88: 3-4.
  

• Inagua type 1 postmark. 88: 4.
  

• "MISSENT TO BAHAMAS" handstamp. 91: 79.
  

• Stamps to hunt - And why. 93: 29, 96: 9.
  

• Air Mail cover. 99: 74-75.
  

• Oneglia forgery of the Four pence value. 100/8-9.
  

• Universal Postal Congress Presentation Booklets. 83: 79, 85: 33-34, 87: 83, 90: 52.
  

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