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Auction: 17015 - The Philatelic Collector's Series Sale featuring The "Foxley" Collection of Barbados
Lot: 2663

St. Lucia
1909 (Mar.) envelope (opened-out) per "RMS Eden" to the Colonial bank in St. Lucia, bearing St. Vincent 1d. red cancelled by manuscript "Paquebôt" and with Castries arrival datestamp (1.4) alongside; envelope with some edge faults though most unusual with St. Lucia having no paquebot marking at this time. Photo

Note: The RMS "Eden" ran aground off Martinique a few months later on 25 August 1909 and never sailed again

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