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Auction: 22022 - The Graham Booth Collection of West Indies, Transatlantic Mail and British Ship Letters
Lot: 1039

Bahamas
Early Letters and Handstamps
Mail to United Kingdom
1805 entire to London via New York, rated "11" and showing faint double-lined oval "Ship Letter/Crown/hastings" with arrival datestamp (27.9); 1808 (21 Dec.) entire letter written on board HMS Franchise off Crooked Island addressed to Edinburgh, rated "2/3", showing circular "falmouth packet letter" and red arrival datestamp (27.1) ;and 1841 (5 July) entire letter to London, rated "8" and showing, on reverse across join,fine step-type "falmouth/ship letter" in red and arrival c.d.s. (25.8)

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Sold for
£400

Starting price
£130