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Auction: 20041 - The "Dubois" Collection of Jamaica Postal History and Stamps - Part I - conducted behind closed doors
Lot: 126

The Falmouth Handstamps
1829 (6 June) entire letter, headed "Mexico", "p Packet" to Belfast and forwarded to meet the "Princess Elizabeth" Packet at Jamaica, placed in sealed bags to Falmouth and forwarded to Ireland, rated "3/6" comprising 2/1d. UK inward Packet Letter charge plus 1/5d. inland postage through Ireland, showing "franco has/ta e puerto" handstamp in red and showing, on reverse, a superb strike of the "mexico" TR1 fleuron handstamp in green applied at Falmouth, and Irish arrival datestamp. Photo

Note: A similar handstamp was sent to Jamaica and was applied at Kingston to letters from Mexican sources destined for the packet service though this is always struck in purple ink

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Sold for
£520

Starting price
£320