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Auction: 21019 - Important Stamps and Covers of the World
Lot: 635

Grenada
Early Letters and Handstamps
Carriacou
1845 (23 Sept.) entire to the Secretary of the Wesleyan Missionary Society in London, rated "1/-" (deleted) and apparently re-rated "2/-", showing a good strike of the very rare "carriacou" straight-line handstamp in brownish ink with manuscript "23/9/45" date of sending below, the reverse with two different arrival datestamps (20.10). An exceptionally rare marking from this island, three being dated in 1842 and this example being the latest recorded and only example dated in 1845. R.P.S. Certificate (2003). Photo

Note: The London proof book shows this marking as "carriiacou/ship letter" though no examples with the "ship letter" portion have ever been found, probably as it was considered to be more useful purely as a normal town name marking

provenance:
W. Danforth Walker, June 2003

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Estimate
£3,500 to £4,000

Starting price
£2800