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Auction: 21041 - The "Dubois" Collection of Jamaica Postal History and Stamps - Part II
Lot: 212

Great Britain Stamps Used in Jamaica
Imperial Issues Authorised for Use on Inland Letters from 1 February 1859
Rodney Hall
1859 (8 Feb.) entire letter "post" to Kingston, bearing 4d. rose-carmine neatly cancelled by "rodney-hall jamaica" P6 datestamp showing date lines transposed and "8" of day of month in manuscript, arrival datestamp (9.2) on reverse. Fine and very rare with none recorded by Foster. A very early pre-numeral internal stamped cover, and one of only a handful of covers recorded with the stamps cancelled by a datestamp alone. A lovely exhibition quality cover. Photo

provenance:
Andre Bollen, February 1983
Francois Piat Dewavrin, December 2014

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£1200