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Auction: 1017 - The Peter Stone Collection of Great Britain & Postal History
Lot: 124

x Ship Letter Handstamps England Maldon 1807 entire to Manchester, rated "10" (deleted) and "11", showing very fine strike of unframed "maldon/ship-lre" (Type S.1; crossed by light vertical filing crease) with arrival datestamp (16.11) on reverse. Believed to be the only recorded example. Photo Estimate £ 3,000-4,000 Note: This cover is illustrated in "A History of the Ship Letters of the British Isles" by Alan Robertson, page E.206 provenance: Robson Lowe PHA, March 1977

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