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Auction: 7028 - British Empire Stamps & Covers
Lot: 2093

St. Christopher Early Letters and Handstamps 1809 (7 Apr.) entire letter to Aberdeen, rated "2/6", showing fine large "st kitt´s" fleuron d.s. (RL Type PF, No. 14) at upper left and red arrival c.d.s. at lower right. Neat and attractive. Photo Estimate £ 300-400 Note: The contents include .."You will have heard that Martinique has fallen and fortunately before the succours from France as three ´Seventy Fours´ and three frigates have arrived in these seas lately with two thousand troops on board and Guadeloupe the only Island which France has now in the West Indies not affording them anchorage, they have been obliged to take shelter under the ´Saints´ some barren rocks near that Island where they are blockaded by Sir A Cochrane with five "Sail of the Line´...

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