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Auction: 16027 - The Philatelic Collector's Series Sale
Lot: 14

Ascension
Early Letters and Handstamps
1862 (3 Nov.) stampless envelope (opened-out) to Kent, rated "6" and with recipient's notation "Dated 29th. Oct. off Ascension Recd. 9th. Nov. 1862", showing "cape packet/no 28/1862/devonport" c.d.s. and, on reverse, a good strike of "ascension/a/no 03/62" c.d.s. and red London arrival (29.11); flap missing otherwise fine and accepted as the first recorded usage of the first circular datestamp used in Ascension Island. Photo

Literature:
See "Ascension The Stamps and Postal History" by J.H. Atwood, page 21

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Sold for
£3,200