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Auction: 7028 - British Empire Stamps & Covers
Lot: 1366

Dominica Early Letters 1797 (4 Oct.) entire letter to Thomas Gordon, London, rated "1/8" incorrectly and amended to "3/4", the former being overstruck by Inspector´s Crown in red, showing very fine straight-line "dominica" handstamp (crossed by light vertical filing crease) and, on reverse, London arrival d.s. (12.12). A rare marking. Photo Estimate £ 1,500-2,000 Note: This is the earliest of the three known examples of this handstamp on entire, the others being dated later in 1797 (see below) and in 1798 provenance: Sugarman, March 1994

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