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Auction: 22022 - The Graham Booth Collection of West Indies, Transatlantic Mail and British Ship Letters
Lot: 1089

Barbados
Early Letters and Handstamps
1816 (27 Sept.) entire letter to London, rated "1/4" and showing step-type "dover/ship letter" (S.9); 1819 (18 Dec.) entire to Edinburgh, rated "2/5" and showing, on reverse, poor Barbados fleuron d.s.; 1828 (18 June) entire letter to London, rated "2/8" and showing step-type "deal/ship letter" (S.8); 1828 (8 July) entire letter to London, rated "1/4" and showing fine step-type "ramsgate/ship letter" (S. 3); 1835 (22 July) entire letter to London, rated "2/2" (overstruck by red Inspector's Crown) and "4/4" and showing poor Barbados fleuron; 1840 (1 Dec.) entire from Dublin to Barbados, rated "1/-" and showing red despatch d.s.; and 1841 (5 Feb.) entire from Barbados to Manchester, rated "1/4" and showing fine framed "cork/ship letter" (S.4a)

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