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Auction: 21041 - The "Dubois" Collection of Jamaica Postal History and Stamps - Part II
Lot: 285

Great Britain Used in Jamaica
Imperial Issues used at the Post Towns after the arrival of the Obliterators
Overseas Destinations
France
1860 (13 Mar) entire letter from Kingston to Bordeaux, bearing 1d. rose-red and 4d. rose-carmine wing-margin pair each neatly cancelled "A01" alongside "kingston/jamaica" K8 datestamp, showing London Paid datestamp (28.8), circular-framed "pd" and Calais entry datestamp (28.4), all on face, Paris (29.4) and Bordeaux (30.4) datestamps on reverse. A rare and highly attractive franking with this destination not recorded by Foster. Two covers to France recorded in the BWISC Encyclopaedia, this being a third. Photo

provenance:
Robson Lowe, Bermuda February 1979

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Sold for
£1,400

Starting price
£800