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Auction: 7033 - British Empire Stamps & Covers
Lot: 488

British Guiana Early Letters and Handstamps Berbice 1815 (5 Dec.) entire to Scotland, rated "1/8" and showing, on reverse, a good strike of the extremely rare oval-framed "ship letter/Crown/berbice" h.s. (Townsend Type 8, the face panel with step-type "greenock/ship letter" and arrival d.s. (17.3) in red. One of only two recorded examples of the Berbice Ship Letter h.s. Photo Estimate £ 1,000-1,200

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