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Auction: 18010 - British North America, The David Pitts Collection
Lot: 105

(x) Prince Edward Island
Early Letters and Handstamp
Mail from Great Britain
1794 (1 Feb.) entire letter ex the Douglas correspondence from Edinburgh to the Comptroller of Customs "in the Island of St. John, Gulf of St. Lawrence" (the name changed to Prince Edward Island in 1798), rated "2½" as a Ship Letter and "3/2" as a double weight Packet Letter, showing Edinburgh Paid datestamp and, on reverse, London Bishopmark and a fine strike of the "halifax/n. scotia" split circle datestamp. Scarce. Photo

provenance:
Martyn Cusworth, March 2005

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Estimate
£800 to £1,000