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Auction: 5021 - France, Featuring the Château Ramezay Collection, Europe & O/seas & B. Empire
Lot: 4092

x Trinidad and Tobago Trinidad 1858 (24 Dec.) entire letter to London showing almost complete strike of the Crowned circle ´paid/at/trinidad´, London arrival c.d.s. and manuscript ´6´ adjacent; light fold well clear of the strike. Fine, clean and most attractive. Rare. S.G. CC1. Photo Estimate £ 1,000-1,200Note: This cover is from the period between prepayment being compulsory, on 9 October 1858, and the introduction of higher value stamp on 9 May 1859. Such covers are rare and only a few examples have been recorded

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