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Auction: 22022 - The Graham Booth Collection of West Indies, Transatlantic Mail and British Ship Letters
Lot: 1232

British Guiana
Early Letters and Handstamps
Demerara
1838 (Aug.) - 1839 (Aug.) Plantation Journals (3) from the same correspondence to London, one rated "1/7" and two rated "1/8", showing step-type "falmouth/ship letter" in red (S.6b), "ship letter/plymouth" in red (S.6b) and "penzance/ship letter" (S.4); 1840 (July) and 1841 (13 Nov.) entire letters ex the Sandbach correspondence to Liverpool, the former marked "St. Vincent", rated "2/8" and showing unframed "liverpool/ship letter" (S.11) on reverse, the latter marked "pr Janet Willis", rated "8" (deleted) and "1/4" and showing step-type "portsmouth/ship letter" (S.13) on reverse

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£480

Starting price
£130