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Auction: 16024 - The "Britannia" Collection of Barbados
Lot: 502

Barbados
Early Letters and Handstamps
1781 (13 Dec.) entire letter to Scotland, headed "Intrepid Castle Bay, Barbados", rated "4" (deleted) and "10", showing unframed "portsmouth/ship lre" with arrival Bishopmark on reverse. Photo

Note: This letter was written by William Horne, a soldier on H.M.S. Intrepid, which was under repair at Barbados. The Empire concessionary rate for soldiers did not come into force until 1796.

provenance:
Peter Jaffé, November 2006

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Sold for
£180