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Auction: 26019 - Stamps and Covers of Great Britain
Lot: 1062

Great Britain
Postal History
A group of ship letters, comprising 1800 entire letter to Rhode Island from London, sent via Liverpool and endorsed "Elizabeth and Emma", with small curved brown "ship" hand stamp applied on arrival and with circular red "phi 24 aug"; 1809 entire letter to Linz from London with a very fine "ship/[crown]/letter" oval hand stamp in black (Robertson Type S10) and with manuscript charge of 1/6 in black; 1810 entire letter to Lisbon from London, routed via Plymouth dock, which the packets were temporally usings owing to the mutiny of the Falmouth Packets from 24th October 1810 until January 1811; and 1834 entire letter to Dumfires from Mount Irvine Tobago, with a very fine blue "ship letter/19/ju/1834/leith" hand stamp (Robertson Type S6) with matching blue add 1" below. With manuscritpt charge of 1/4; 1849 ship letter to Mauritius from London with a red "ship letter/[crown]/london" date stamp (Robertson S29) and superb crowned "mauritius/g.p.o." on the third day of use. With a manuscript charge of 1/8; A fine and interesting group. Ex Cyriax. (5)

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Estimate
£200 to £300

Starting price
£160