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Auction: 7033 - British Empire Stamps & Covers
Lot: 496

British Guiana Early Letters and Handstamps Berbice 1842 (11 Jan.) entire letter to Madeira, rated "1/-" and showing, on reverse, a superb strike of the seriffed "berbice" double-arc d.s. (Townsend Type 6) lightly overstruck on arrival in London with c.d.s. (19.11) in red, the face panel showing manuscript "Missent to England", noted as arriving on 22 December and charged "160 (reis); unusual Estimate £ 80-100

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