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Auction: 20041 - The "Dubois" Collection of Jamaica Postal History and Stamps - Part I - conducted behind closed doors
Lot: 41

Manuscript Town Markings
1779 (1 Oct.) entire letter from Couper, Scotland to Spanish Town, carried privately to Jamaica and rated "1/3" Currency for a single letter over 100 miles, showing "king/ston" T1a handstamp (Proud PS5, rare and of which only about ten examples are believed recorded) alongside manuscript "Morant Bay". A fine and rare combination of markings. Photo

provenance:
J. Grant Glassco, November 1969
Joseph M. Mahfood, January 2011

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Sold for
£380

Starting price
£280