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Auction: 18037 - The Philatelic Collectors' Series Sale
Lot: 1603

Virgin Islands
Early Letters and Handstamps
Two-line Datestamp
1808 (3 Oct.) entire letter ex the Walters correspondence to Kendal, rated "4/6" and showing mainly fine "tortola/29 oct 1808" datestamp (Proud Type PS7)

Note: Thomas Walters spent some years in Tortola from about 1804 until 1813. He returned to England for a period during 1808-09 and his replacement, Moore, gives him details of Walter's affairs in the Virgin Islands.

provenance:
J.L. Fredrick, October 1992

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Sold for
£200