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Auction: 20041 - The "Dubois" Collection of Jamaica Postal History and Stamps - Part I - conducted behind closed doors
Lot: 538

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1873 (31 Dec.) envelope from Folkestone to "Mr. Walter Davidson at the wreck of Barque "Persia", Orange Bay, Hanover, Cornwall", bearing wing-margin 1/- green Plate 8 cancelled by "303" duplex, Kingston (20.1) arrival datestamp on reverse, manuscript "Green Island" alongside Lucea datestamp (39.1) and inscribed in purple ink "Sailed for England" (4.2), light "returned/letter branch/jamaica" datestamp (9.2), at centre, Proud D2 and almost four years earlier than recorded by him, two Kingston (20.1) and two Green Island (30.1 and 4.2) datestamps on reverse; most unusual. Photo

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