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Auction: 22022 - The Graham Booth Collection of West Indies, Transatlantic Mail and British Ship Letters
Lot: 1132

Barbados
Britannia Issue Covers
United Kingdom
1870 (9 July) envelope ex the Poole correspondence to England, bearing 1870 rough perf 14 to 16 6d. dull orange-vermilion (2) clearly cancelled by "bootheel" "1" and showing arrival c.d.s. (28.7) on reverse; one of the few covers from the correspondence sent after the concessionary rate was withdrawn on 1 January 1870. Holcombe Certificate (1986). S.G. 31. Photo

provenance:
Leslie Wheeler, May 1970
Joseph Hackmey, April 1986

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Sold for
£1,400

Starting price
£300