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Auction: 4007 - Sudan & Virgin Islands - The Wm. Frazer Exhibition Collection
Lot: 594

VIRGIN ISLANDS 1867-70 Issue Covers 1878 (12 Dec.) envelope to the Lord Bishop of Antigua, bearing 1d. yellow-green on white paper (2) and 4d. lake-red on pale rose paper, each clearly cancelled "A91" and with manuscript "4" in red crayon at lower left corner, the reverse with Tortola, St. Thomas Danish P.O. and Antigua c.d.s.; the envelope with a few small fox marks at foot, nevertheless an attractive and very rare cover to an unusual destination. Photo Estimate £ 3,000-4,000 provenance: Maurice Burrus, 1962

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