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Auction: 1017 - The Peter Stone Collection of Great Britain & Postal History
Lot: 196

x Ship Letter Handstamps Ireland Warren Point 1813 (6 Apr.) entire letter from New York to Barnard Castle, Durham, rated "1/1" and "3/3" (both deleted), and "2/2", showing good to fine strike of the very rare unframed "warren/ship-letter" (Type S.1); lightly toned. One of three recorded examples, none of them clear. Photo Estimate £ 1,200-1,500 Note: This cover is illustrated in "A History of the Ship Letters of the British Isles" by Alan Robertson, page E.302.

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