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Auction: 20041 - The "Dubois" Collection of Jamaica Postal History and Stamps - Part I - conducted behind closed doors
Lot: 30

The Post Town Straight Line Handstamps
Type T1 in Two or Three Lines
1793 (20 Mar.) entire letter from "Kippinross" to Trelawny, carried privately to Black River and entering the mail there on to Trelawny, rated "1.3" and showing, on reverse, "black/river" PS2 alongside unspoilt red wax seal; interesting contents include "It is however to be hoped the War will cure the phrenzy of imitating French liberty: though it has apparently not as yet had that effect with Messers. Pitt and Wilberforce, at least as to the Slave Bill, though owing in a great measure to their imprudence, that business has caught the intention of all Banks.". Photo

provenance:
Joseph M. Mahfood, January 2011

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£550

Starting price
£240