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Auction: 13043 - The Collector's Series Sale
Lot: 265

(x) Dominica
Postal History
1802 (18 Mar.) entire letter ex the Steele correspondence to Edinburgh (name and address reduced), showing various rate markings "dominica" two line datestamp (HS5), light "ship letter/london" datestamp (Robertson S.13, deleted) and double lined oval "Ship Lre/(Crown)" handstamp with blank area for the port and with manuscript "Dover" inserted (Robertson S.7l); A major rarity and exhibition item. Believed to be the only known example. Photo

Note: This cover is illustrated in "A History of the Ship Letters of the British Isles" by Alan Robertson, page E66/B

Provenance:
Peter Stone, July 2010

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Sold for
£3,800