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Auction: 18013 - The Brian Brookes Collection of St. Kitts-Nevis
Lot: 74

St. Christopher
Early Handstamps and Datestamps
Straight-line Handstamps
1798 (23 Feb.) entire letter from a soldier in the Buffs at Brimstone Hill to Ireland, rated "1/8" (deleted) and "2/1", showing fine "st kitts" handstamp (RL Type 10) with London transit datestamp (13.4) on reverse; the entire stained and partially repaired. Photo

Note: The contents give a graphic account of the taking of Brimstone Hill and other fighting in the West Indies.

provenance:
R.H. Urwick, October 1964
K.J.A.O. Manning, March 1994

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Estimate
£700 to £900