Auction: 20041 - The "Dubois" Collection of Jamaica Postal History and Stamps - Part I - conducted behind closed doors
Lot: 90
Forwarding Agents Letters
1743 entire letter to La Rochelle, France, sent by a member of the crew of a French trading vessel which was apprehended by H.M.S. York whilst trying to run the British blockade of the Spanish held port of Carthagena; forwarded on 19 October by Thomas Thomarssili, having been carried to London by private ship; escorted back to Jamaica, he wrote to his brother, whilst waiting for the local magistrate to pronounce the ship "free of contraband", showing two
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Estimate
£1,000 to £1,200
Starting price
£800