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Auction: 18010 - British North America, The David Pitts Collection
Lot: 94

(x) Prince Edward Island
Early Letters and Handstamp
Mail to Great Britain
1814 (2 May) triple weight entire letter ex the Birnic correspondence from Charlotte Town to London, marked "Paid to Halifax 1/4" in red ink, rated "6/6" and showing, on reverse, P1 datestamp, Halifax transit datestamp (3.6) and red arrival datestamps (8.7); some slight wear along folds. The Earliest recorded Prince Edward Island datestamp. Photo

provenance:
Dr. R.P.C. Carr, April 1999
Alan Griffiths, April 2012

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Estimate
£3,000 to £4,000