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Auction: 1017 - The Peter Stone Collection of Great Britain & Postal History
Lot: 178

x Ship Letter Handstamps Ireland Cove 1793 (Jan.) entire (rebacked) from Jamaica to Aberdeen, showing very fine unframed "cove/ship le" (Type S.1) with arrival straight-line "aberdeen" on reverse across join; 1832 (27 Feb.) entire from Bahia, Brazil to London showing, on reverse, fine unframed "cove/ship letter" (Type S.2) in red overstruck by red arrival datestamp; 1836 (30 Sept.) entire letter from Bombay to London, showing very fine framed "india letter/cove" (Type In.1), the contents of letter include "....the arrangements of Waghorn are now such that you must never miss a monthly mail from Falmouth..."; 1838 (1 Jan.) entire letter from Demerara, British Guiana to Liverpool, showing unframed "cove/ship letter" (Type S.2; crossed by filing crease) in black overstruck by framed "too late" in red; 1839 (29 Sept.) entire letter to Coldstream, showing unframed "cove/ship letter" (Type S.2) in black overstruck by boxed " 1/2"; 1842 (7 May) entire letter from Buenos Aires to London, showing very fine unframed "cove/ship letter" (Type S.2; crossed by filing crease) in black; and 1850 (26 Jan.) entire from Mauritius to France, showing framed "colonies/&c.art.13" in red and unframed "cove/ship letter" (Type S.2) in blue. Also a print of Cove harbour Estimate £ 450-550

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£700