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Auction: 7028 - British Empire Stamps & Covers
Lot: 1101

Bermuda 1865-1903 Watermark Crown CC Covers 1871 (28 Dec.) envelope to London, marked "per Alice via New York", bearing 1d. rose-red and 6d. dull purple sharing "4" in horizontal oval of bars, showing "bermuda/mb/paid" c.d.s. in black and arrival c.d.s. (17.1.72) in red. Rare and attractive. Photo Estimate £ 600-800 Note: In the absence of a suitable steamer the brigantine "Alice" carried the packet mails for England to New York twice. provenance: Morris Ludington, June 1999

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