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Auction: 17025 - Bermuda, Crossroads of the Atlantic: A Postal History from 1617 to 1877 - The David Pitts Collection
Lot: 54

(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
1855 (20 Sept.) entire via Baltimore to Bermuda, rated "4" and showing a presentable example of the very rare St. George's "bermuda/ship letter" handstamp (S1, Type 2 with "b" of "bermuda" over "i" of "ship), the reverse showing superb oval-framed "forwarded/by/joseph c. yates,/baltimore." handstamp in red. The cover cleaned, it has been suggested possibly as a result of disinfection, resulting in a few burn holes in the paper and the colour of the Ship Letter marking, nevertheless a very rare handstamp with only three examples recorded. Photo

provenance:
George Ulrich, June 1989

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Estimate
£500 to £600