Thanks anyway - after sending the message below, I found information on Hill
by doing an internet search (he's in Encyclopedia Britannica).  Also, found
that the books is in stock at Bailey-Mathews Museum and have ordered it.

Sylvia Edwards

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From: Sylvia S. Edwards <[log in to unmask]>
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Sent: Friday, June 04, 1999 10:42 AM
Subject: [CONCH-L] Information please


> In 1979 the Bahamas issued a stamp that included a previous stamp with a
> shell on it (Scott's no. 1).  The other part of the stamp is a picture of
a
> ship and the words "early mailboat".  The stamp says at the top, "Sir
> Rowland Hill Centenary of Death 1879-1979".
>
> We have been unable to find Sir Rowland Hill in any of reference
resources.
> It is more likely that Hill had something to do with the mail service in
the
> Bahamas than with shells, but is anyone familiar with the name?
>
> I know there are several CONCH-L subscribers who deal in shell books, but
I
> don't have their pages bookmarked.  Can anyone give me a URL for a dealer
> who deals in discontinued books?  I am specifically looking for Abbott's
> "Compendium of Landshells."
>
>
> Sylvia S. Edwards
> Huntsville, Alabama
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