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Auction: 20041 - The "Dubois" Collection of Jamaica Postal History and Stamps - Part I - conducted behind closed doors
Lot: 169

Great Britain Stamps Used in Jamaica
Imperial Issues used at the Post Towns after the arrival of the Obliterators
Annotto Bay , "A28"
1859 (18 Mar.) entire top to Kingston, bearing 1d. rose-red strip of four each cancelled "A28" and showing, on reverse, "annotto-bay/jamaica" P2b and Kingston K8 datestamps. Rare with Foster recording just one cover and this piece being the earliest of the few recorded frankings. Photo

provenance:
J Grant Glassco, November 1969

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