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Auction: 7028 - British Empire Stamps & Covers
Lot: 1063

Bermuda Early Letters and Handstamps Incoming Mail 1862 (22 Feb.) entire letter from Baltimore to Hamilton, rated "8" and showing a superb strike of "hamilton-bermuda/ship letter" in bright red (Type S2) with "hamilton/bermuda" c.d.s. (Type PM4) arrival c.d.s. for 4 March on reverse. Rare, only seven examples of this marking recorded by Forand and Freeland. Photo Estimate £ 5,000-6,000 Note: The contents refer to the Bark "Wheatland" and her Captain whom the senders, Lambert, Gitting & Co., wish to replace. Copies of the "Bermuda Royal Gazette" which accompany the lot give details of the affair. provenance: Morris Ludington, June 1999

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£6,000