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Auction: 1017 - The Peter Stone Collection of Great Britain & Postal History
Lot: 144

x Ship Letter Handstamps England Queenborough 1831 (17 June) entire letter from Hamburg to London, rated "1/3", showing despatch datestamp and, on reverse, fine reversed step-type "ship letter/queenboro" (Type S.5) partly overstruck by red arrival datestamp (22.6); the entire discoloured and slit for disinfection Estimate £ 120-150

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£140