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Auction: 20024 - The "Dubois" British Commonwealth Collection of Stamps and Covers
Lot: 78

Bahamas
1858 (22 Mar.) envelope (flap missing) from Dingwall via London to New York and forwarded to Nassau, bearing Great Britain 6d. pair tied by two clear strikes of "103" obliterator, with manuscript "4" for Ship Letter charge, red "paid" and "5/cents"; black "bahamas/ship letter" applied on arrival; some peripheral faults, though a rare and most attractive franking

provenance:
"Staircase", 1999

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£1,600

Starting price
£1000