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Auction: 23013 - Stamps and Covers of the World: Featuring Superb Mauritius, the "Claremont" Collection of South West Africa and the Charles Freeland Collection of Virgin Islands
Lot: 1165

(x) Barbados
Britannia Issues
Mail to United States of America
1870 (9 Sept.) advertising envelope to North Carolina, USA, marked "US Packet St Thomas", bearing 1861-70 rough perf 14 to 16 (1d.) deep blue strip of four and 6d. orange, all cancelled by heavy "bootheel" "1" obliterator, showing circular-framed "steamship/20" with, on reverse, despatch "1" and St. Thomas (12.9) datestamps; the envelope a little soiled particularly at edges. A unique franking. S.G. 24, 33. Photo

provenance:
Colin Bayley, April 1993
Fitz Roett

Subject to 5% tax on Hammer Price in addition to 20% VAT on Buyer’s Premium.

Sold for
£750

Starting price
£400