Previous Lot Next Lot

Auction: 22022 - The Graham Booth Collection of West Indies, Transatlantic Mail and British Ship Letters
Lot: 1161

Bermuda
Undated entire letter in French probably written by a crew member of the Ville de Milan, a French frigate captured off Bermuda by H.M.S. Cleopatra, and addressed to a member of the prize crew on board H.M.S. Cleopatra; 1825 (23 Sept.) entire letter (a little discoloured) to Scotland and 1826 (3 Feb.) entire letter from Edinburgh to Bermuda, both smuggled and without postal markings; and 1833 (17 Jan.) entire letter to Ireland, carried privately to London where it was put into the post by Robert Pilkington and showing Crowned "free" d.s. (16.7) in red

Subject to 20% VAT on Buyer’s Premium. For more information please view Terms and Conditions for Buyers.

Sold for
£160

Starting price
£80