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Auction: 24029 - Stamps and Covers of Great Britain
Lot: 5056

Great Britain
Postal History
1841 (Dec.), part entire, the right hand side adhered to card, from the ship "Ellen" at Macao to "Wardhill House By Old Rain, Aberdeenshire", charged at "1/4", double ship letter rate; the reverse with superb stepped box type "mevagissey/ship letter" (S.1), the face with "st austell" 04.05.42" sorting d.s., and London 08.05.42 transit and boxed "oldrain" 09.05.42 receiving d.s. on opposite reverse flap. Some faults though a wonderfully clear strike of this rare handstamp.

literature:
Illustrated in "A History of the Ship Letters of the British Isles", Alan W. Robertson

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Estimate
£1,000 to £1,500

Starting price
£800