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Auction: 20041 - The "Dubois" Collection of Jamaica Postal History and Stamps - Part I - conducted behind closed doors
Lot: 31

The Post Town Straight Line Handstamps
Type T1 in Two or Three Lines
1796 (31 May) entire letter from "Scarlett Hall Estate, St. James" to Scotland" "pr Sandwich Packet", marked "Post 1/3d Paid" Currency for a single letter travelling over 100 miles, , "1/-" UK inward Packet charge to London plus "7" from London to Scotland, and with additional manuscript "1.7/3/4.9 Postage" indicating a total for three letters delivered, the reverse with "little/river" across join alongside 6th.Type "iamaica" and London transit datestamp (26.7). Rated unique in Foster. Proud PS2 and the sole example recorded by him. Photo

provenance:
Sissons, December 1982

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£700

Starting price
£320