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Auction: 6020 - British West Indies - The Peter Jaffé Collection
Lot: 1426

x Montserrat Early Letters and Handstamps 1796 (3 Apr.) entire letter written by Samuel Athill at Antigua and addressed to Christopher Bethell at London, rated "1/-", showing fair strike of straight-line "montserrat" h.s. (Proud Type P.S.2 State 1) with arrival datestamp on reverse; some wear along folds and heavy vertical filing crease crosses the handstamp. Ex the Codrington correspondence (SBA 192). Photo Estimate £ 250-300provenance: Dr. R.H. Urwick, October 1964 Mrs. N.E. Thompson, March 1977

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