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Auction: 163 - The Philatelic Collectors' Series Sale
Lot: 1030

1762 First British Occupation of Guadeloupe folded letter to Marseilles originating from Saint Pierre on Martinique Island, which was then also conquered by the British, where it was rated "2e", 2 escalines, struck on reverse in transit with British "Guadaloupe" straight line handstamp in brown-black, carried via London with Bishop mark alongside, "1N6" 1/ 6d rating notation on front, in addition showing "30" centimes also in manuscript on obverse to be collected on receipt, very fine.


The only item recorded giving evidence to the usage of this British postmark, with its desirability being further enhanced by the fact of representing an extraordinary letter featuring the British occupation of both territories, Guadeloupe and Martinique, in this early period (Robson Lowe HS1, Jamet 1).

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