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Auction: 18043 - The Philatelic Collectors' Series Sale
Lot: 1418

Trinidad
1847 (16 April) "Lady McLeod"
The steamship "Lady McLeod" plied between Port of Spain and San Fernando carrying passengers, freight and mail.
1n 1847 the owner, David Bryce, made a stamp available so that those who wished to send letters were able to prepay the charge for carrying them on board the ship
(5c.) blue, good to large margins and neatly cancelled with pen cross. A most appealing example of this very rare local post stamp. R.P.S. Certificate (997) states "Transient flaw at foot of stamp, small surface abrasion", the former under "m", the latter of which is extremely difficult to detect. S.G. 1, £10,000. Photo

provenance:
Bruno Gozzini, August 2001

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Sold for
£8,000