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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: 1441

(x) Virgin Islands
Early Letters and Handstamps
1774 (7 Aug.) entire letter (soiled), being an invoice for rum and cotton, from Tortola and carried privately to Newport, Rhode Island; 1815 (13 July) entire letter from Tortola to London, rated "2/2" and showing very fine straight-line "packet-letter"; 1830 (6 May) lengthy entire letter from Tortola to London, marked "pr Packet", rated "6/6" and showing, on reverse, "tortola/6 may 30" d.s.; 1841 (Mar.) entire letter (soiled) ex the Cuthbertson correspondence to Scotland, rated "1/-" and showing, on reverse, light "tortola/2 mar 41" d.s.; 1849 (11 June) entire (soiled and with peripheral wear) to Scotland, rated "4/-" and showing, on reverse, Tortola double-arc d.s.; and 1849 (4 July) entire letter (discoloured) to St. Kitts, rated "4" and showing, on reverse, Tortola double-arc d.s.

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

Sold for
£400

Starting price
£250