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Auction: 18010 - British North America, The David Pitts Collection
Lot: 98

(x) Prince Edward Island
Early Letters and Handstamp
Mail to Great Britain
1826 (10 Oct.) entire letter ex the "Birnie" correspondence from John Stewart, Speaker of the Assembly and Receiver General at Charlotte Town addressed to London, rated "2/2", showing circular-framed "paid" (P9; earliest recorded date) with red manuscript "8" alongside and light double-ring "post office/p.e. island" handstamp (P2) with red manuscript date "17 Ot, 26" inserted. Photo

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

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Estimate
£300 to £350