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Auction: 20041 - The "Dubois" Collection of Jamaica Postal History and Stamps - Part I - conducted behind closed doors
Lot: 110

Ship Letter Handstamps
Port Maria
1847 (12 Sept.) entire letter from Salem "via Baltimore" to May Hill Post Office and "Redirected to Mandeville", rated "12" US postage, 4d. half Ship Letter charge plus 6d. inland postage for a total of "10" plus a further 4d. for a total of "1/2", showing despatch datestamp alongside "Port Maria/ship letter" SL8 handstamp and, on reverse, light May Hill and Port Maria (9.11) datestamps, and indistinct oval-framed "forwarding agent/......../port maria" FAC3 handstamp, the only example recorded by Foster and possibly to date. Rare with few examples of the Ship Letter recorded. Photo

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