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Auction: 11026 - The Chartwell Collection - British Empire
Lot: 5

Bermuda Crowned Circle Handstamps St. George´s 1851 (28 Feb.) entire letter to New York, showing a superb strike of the Crowned Circle "paid/at/st. georges bermuda" h.s. in red alongside circular-framed "5" U.S. rate h.s., the reverse with a fine strike of the "st. georges/bermuda" c.d.s.(PM5) across join; traces of creasing not affecting fine appearance. Rare with only seventeen of the St. Georges Crowned Circle handstamp recorded by Forland and Freeland, this being the second latest recorded date of use. S.G. CC1, £7,500 Estimate £ 3,000-3,500 provenance: R.H. Urwick, October 1964 Sir Henry Tucker, Sale 1, October 1978

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