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Auction: 22013 - Stamps and Covers of Great Britain
Lot: 1021

Great Britain
Postal History
1812 (13 Sept.), entire letter "To Captain Robert Fulton/ On Board of the brig/ Dert laying in the younin/ Stayers River temes/ London", with framed berwick/340" mileage, rated 1/1 (deleted), 1/2 (the extra penny being for the special river boatman delivery); Offered with newspaper "The London Chronicle" for Feb. 18-20 1800 containing a General Post Office notice regarding the Boatman delivering letters to ships of the River Thames, fine and rare, particularly difficult as a pair with the Newspaper announcing the service

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Sold for
£420

Starting price
£220