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Auction: 1027 - Autumn Collector's Series
Lot: 558

Bermuda Incoming Mail 1847 (26 Oct.) entire letter from Grand Cay, Turks Islands to "William Burgess, Bermuda", marked "Care of Messrs Tucker & Lightbourne, New York" (deleted), rated "4", showing unframed "ship" h.s. and "baltimore/md" c.d.s., both in blue, and a mainly fine strike of "bermuda/ship letter" h.s. (Type S1) in red applied at St. Georges. Rare, only thirteen examples recorded by Forand and Freeland. Photo Estimate £ 1,800-2,200

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