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Auction: 20041 - The "Dubois" Collection of Jamaica Postal History and Stamps - Part I - conducted behind closed doors
Lot: 180

Great Britain Stamps Used in Jamaica
Imperial Issues used at the Post Towns after the arrival of the Obliterators
Golden Spring, "A42"
1859 (10 Apr.) entire letter to Appleby, bearing wing-margin 6d. lilac cancelled with superb "A42" and with London Paid datestamp (2.5) at left, the reverse with despatch (day in manuscript), Kingston (10.4) and arrival (3.5) datestamps. Very rare with Foster recording no 6d. Packet rate cover from this office and the only example of any rate listed in the BWISC Encyclopaedia. Photo

provenance;,
J. Grant Glassco, November 1969
Norman Brassler, June 1996
McGowan

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