"This is a field that has been strangely neglected in the past in articles dealing with the postmarks of the Bahamas and even Mr. Gisburn mentions them only very briefly in his book. My collection of these cancellations is still very small but I am hoping that, having made a beginning, others will be able to enlarge and, perhaps, complete the list, for many other types I feel sure must exist:
N A S S A U.
1. "COME TO / NAUSSAU, BAHAMAS / IDEAL TOURIST RESORT" in three lines framed 52 x 10 mm overall Dates of Use:- 2.7.1915 to 16.9.1916.
2. "HAVE YOU BEEN T0 / NASSAU BAHAMAS? / IF NOT, WHY NOT?" in three lines framed 41 x 15 mm overall Dates of use:- 4.11.1915 to 29.7.1916
3. "NASSAU" / TOURIST SEASON / DEC to APL" in three lines in left half of a rectangle 60 x 23 mm overall. The right half is completed by four horizontal lines. Dates of use 15.2.1918 to ........
TARPUM BAY, ELEUTHERA
I have two, single stamps S. G. 126 & 145 cancelled by the outline of what is meant to be a tarpon. (i. e. - "Tarpum"?) and with no signs of any other cancellation. One has been marked on the back by a previous owner "Cat Cay" which is on Bimini Island but it seems more probable to me that they originated at Tarpum Bay. I understand that a cancellation representing a cat was the one used on Cat Cay though I have yet to see an example. Further information on these "pictorial" cancellations would be appreciated.
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ROCK SOUND, ELEUTHERA.
1. "VISIT ROCK SOUND / ELEUTHERA-BAHAMAS / INCOMPARABLE SCENERY" in three lines framed 62 x 36 mm overall The date is practically illegible but is probably in the 1920 's
2. Believed to be from Rock Sound, Eleuthera.
"........and Vigour, Take / A Cruise in Your Motor Yacht to / ELEUTHERA, BAHAMAS, / THE TOMATO GROWING ISLAND" in three lines framed: 46 x 21 mm overall
I only have this, reconstructed, on single stamps but believe it dates from the 1920's.
This brief list is all I can provide for the present but I hope it will be enough to start the ball rolling. It is up to you now to let the Secretary have further information he can pass on."