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Auction: 22022 - The Graham Booth Collection of West Indies, Transatlantic Mail and British Ship Letters
Lot: 1242

British Guiana
Early Letters and Handstamps
Berbice
1834 (20 Aug.) entire letter (stained at foot) written in New Amsterdam to London, rated "2/-" (deleted) and "1/-" and showing, on reverse, framed "india letter/deal" in red (In.4); 1834 (18 Sept.) entire letter ex the McCalmont" correspondence to Belfast and re-addressed to London, rated "2/8" (deleted), "3/4" (deleted) and "4/-", and showing "belfast" h.s. at left; 1834 (15 Nov.) entire to London, marked "p Carneros", rated "1/7" and showing, on reverse, step-type "ship letter/plymouth" (S.6) overstruck by red London c.d.s.; 1836 (15 Jan.) entire letter to London, marked "p Camerons", rated "1/4" and showing step-type "deal/ship letter" (S.8); and 1838 (6 July) entire letter to Inverness, marked "p Berbice", rated "1/4" (deleted) and "2/-", showing unframed "margate/ship lre" (S.4) and boxed "½"

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