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Auction: 22022 - The Graham Booth Collection of West Indies, Transatlantic Mail and British Ship Letters
Lot: 1659

Ship Letters of the British Isles
Scotland
Greenock
1819 (9 Sept.) entire letter from Calcutta to London and redirected to Scotland, rated "1/6" (deleted) and "1/2" showing mainly fine framed "greenock/india letter" just overstruck by Kelso arrival d.s.; 1828 (13 Oct.) entire letter from Montreal to Glasgow, rated "1/2" and showing fair to fine unframed "greenock/ship letter" (S.12); 1830 (28 Oct.) entire letter from Calcutta to Hampshire, marked "1½oz" and showing, on reverse, fine framed "india letter/greenock" (In.2); 1832 (4 Mar.) entire to Glasgow, rated "1/2" and showing fine unframed "greenock/ship letter" (S.13a); 1843 (19 Aug.) entire from Norfolk Virginia to Edinburgh, rated "8" and showing fair to fine unframed "greenock/ship letter" (S.13a); 1847 Feb.) entire ex the Huth correspondence from Pernambuco to London, rated "1/4" and showing very fine unframed "greenock/ship letter" in blue (S.13b); 1850 (20 Mar.) entire letter from Mauritius to Bordeaux, showing Crowned Mauritius G.P.O. despatch d.s., oily unframed "greenock/ship letter" (S.13) overstruck by handstruck "8" (decimes); and 1873 (19 Apr.) envelope (with letter) from Newfoundland to Poole, rated "6" showing fine framed "greenock/ship/letter" (S.16) with Greenock c.d.s. (9.5) alongside. Condition mixed

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