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Auction: 17025 - Bermuda, Crossroads of the Atlantic: A Postal History from 1617 to 1877 - The David Pitts Collection
Lot: 50

(x) Ship Letters
Because private ships did not maintain regular schedules, unless the ship is identified on the cover it is very difficult to determine what vessel carried a particular letter. The Bermuda Royal Gazette recorded the appropriate shipping news often permitting the ship's identification
Ship Letters
1823 (30 Nov.) entire letter from William Tucker "pr. H.M.S. Sparrowhawke" (a Naval vessel) to Aston near Derby, rated "1/4" (deleted) and "1/7" and showing step-type "portsmouth/ship letter" (S13) in red, London datestamp on reverse; the contents mentioning the loss of his situation as Barrack Mastership for life and the limited state of his circumstances

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