Auction: 6022 - Barbados - The Peter Jaffé Collection
Lot: 111
x 1861-70 No Watermark, Rough perf. 14 to 16 Covers 1864 (10 Oct.) entire letter (splits along folds) to Ragged Island, Nova Scotia bearing (1d.) blue tied by poor bootheel "1", showing manuscript "4", despatch c.d.s., "131/2c." in circle and, on reverse, St. Thomas (13.10), Halifax (7.11) and arrival (10.11) datestamps; 1865 (10 Oct.) double rate entire letter from the same correspondence, bearing (1d.) blue (2) tied by bootheel "1", showing manuscript "8" (deleted) and "27c", despatch c.d.s. and, on reverse, St. Thomas (13.10) and arrival datestamps.
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£650