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Auction: 1017 - The Peter Stone Collection of Great Britain & Postal History
Lot: 16

x Ship Letter Handstamps England Cowes 1817 (30 Mar.) entire letter ex the "Huth" correspondence from Port-au-Prince, Haiti, to London, rated "2/10" and showing fine unframed "cowes/ship lres" (Type S.1); 1825 (10 June) entire ex the "Huth" correspondence from Havana to London, rated "2/10" and showing, on reverse, step-type "ship letter/cowes" (Type S.2) overstruck by red arrival datestamp; 1828 (19 Feb.) entire letter from Calcutta to London, rated "1/3" (deleted) and "2/7" and showing, on reverse, framed "india letter/cowes" (Type IN.2; crossed by light vertical filing crease); 1845 (8 May) entire letter ex the "Huth" correspondence from Bahia, Brazil, to London, rated "8" and showing, on reverse, step-type "ship letter/cowes" (Type S.3; crossed by light vertical filing crease) partly overstruck by red arrival datestamp; and 1848 entire (part recipient´s red ink notation on face panel) to London, rated "8" and showing, on reverse, sloping unframed "cowes/ship letter" in blue (Type S.6c). A useful group Estimate £ 250-300

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£210