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Auction: 1017 - The Peter Stone Collection of Great Britain & Postal History
Lot: 159

x Ship Letter Handstamps England South Shields 1829 (19 Jan.) entire letter from New Brunswick to London, rated "1/8" and showing almost complete, good to fine, strike of step-type "sth shields/ship letter" (unrecorded in Robertson) with red arrival datestamp on reverse; heavy vertical filing crease well clear of handstamp. Believed to be the only recorded example. Photo Estimate £ 800-1,000

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