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Auction: 1017 - The Peter Stone Collection of Great Britain & Postal History
Lot: 211

x Ship Letter Handstamps Scotland Leith 1828 (13 Oct.) "price current" from Hamburg to Edinburgh, rated "8" and showing fine step-type "leith/ship letter" (Type S.5; crossed by vertical filing crease) in green; 1838 (10 Nov.) entire letter from Hamburg to Edinburgh, rated "1/5", showing superb dated oval "ship letter/leith" (Type S.6; crossed by light vertical filing crease) and unframed "Addl/ 1/2", both in blue; and 1849 (10 Nov.) entire letter from Hamburg to Edinburgh, rated "6", showing fine undated oval "ship letter/leith" (Type S.7; crossed by vertical filing crease) with red Leith datestamp (14.11) alongside. A fine trio. Photo for second Estimate £ 250-300

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£140