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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: 1444

(x) Virgin Islands
Early Letters and Handstamps
1811 (23 Feb.) entire letter to London, rated "2/-", showing good to fine "tortola/24 feb 181" d.s. (Proud Type PS7 with last digit of year missing); 1811 (7 Nov.) entire letter from Virgin Gorda to Cheshire, rated "2/1", showing good to fine "tortola/10 dec 181" d.s. (Type PS7 with last digit of year missing); 1819 (10 Jan.) entire letter ex the Walters correspondence to Kendal, rated "4/8", showing fine "tortola/19 jan 18" h.s. (Type PS8 with last two digits of year missing; crossed by vertical filing crease); 1820 (6 Nov.) entire letter ex the Walters correspondence to Kendal, rated "2/4", showing fine "tortola/9 nov 20" d.s. (Type PS8); 1842 (20 Oct.) entire letter to London, rated "1/-" and showing, on reverse across join, "tortola/20 oct 1841" d.s. (Type PS10; crossed by vertical filing crease); and 1848 (10 Jan.) missionary entire letter to London, rated "1/-" and showing, on reverse, fine "tortola/12 jan 1848" d.s. (Type PS13; latest recorded date). An interesting lot

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Sold for
£600

Starting price
£420