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Auction: 163 - The Philatelic Collectors' Series Sale
Lot: 1025

1787 stampless letter related to slavery addressed to Glasgow, endorsed "QDC", containing a "list of negroes upon Monteuil Estate", in all 155, bearing "Ship" straight-line handstamp, with interesting contents stating "those who are marked with (a cross) are superannuated and those who are marked with (a cross with two strokes) are not able for field work and employed as watermen, stock keepers or other necessary jobs", fine and scarce.

Sold for
$230