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Auction: 12013 - The Collector's Series sale
Lot: 611

Prince Edward Island Early Letters and Handstamps Mail to Great Britain 1852 (28 July) envelope to Basingstoke, headed "From T.B. Netherclift Painter H.M.S. Devastation", countersigned by Commanding Officer, bearing GB imperf 1d. red cancelled "466", showing "pkt. letter/liverpool" d.s. in red (16.8), blue arrival c.d.s. and, on reverse, "prince edward island" datestamp (Type P5). The only recorded example of the seaman´s 1d. concessionary rate cover from Prince Edward Island. Photo Estimate £ 1,000-1,200 provenance: Alan Robertson Douglas Campbell, November 1999

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£800