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Auction: 1017 - The Peter Stone Collection of Great Britain & Postal History
Lot: 210

x Ship Letter Handstamps Scotland Leith 1814 (1 Jan.) entire from Lerwick to Bannockburn, rated "1/-" (deleted) and "2/-", showing superb double oval "ship-letter/g Crown r/leith" (Type S.3) in black, framed "Addl/ 1/2" with red Leith (5.1) and arrival datestamps on reverse. Very rare. Photo Estimate £ 1,000-1,500 Note: This cover is illustrated in "A History of the Ship Letters of the British Isles" by Alan Robertson, page E.142/A.

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