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Auction: 6022 - Barbados - The Peter Jaffé Collection
Lot: 1

x Early Letters and Handstamps 1781 (13 Dec.) entire letter to Scotland, headed "Intrepid Carlisle Bay, Barbados", rated "4" (deleted) and "10", showing "portsmouth/ship lre" with arrival Bishopmark on reverse Estimate £ 60-80Note: This letter was written by William Horne, a soldier on H.M.S. Intrepid, which was under repair at Barbados. The Empire concessionary rate for soldiers did not come into force until 1796.

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