Auction: 1017 - The Peter Stone Collection of Great Britain & Postal History
Lot: 213
x Ship Letter Handstamps Scotland Leith 1878 (16 July) envelope ex the "Mortensen" correspondence from Liverpool to Faroe Islands, marked "Per Mail steamer ´Diana´ via Granton (deleted)/Edinburgh", bearing 2 1/2d. mauve tied by "466" duplex and showing, on reverse, Edinb & Carstairs Sorting Tender (17.7), Leith (17.7) and Thorshavn (24.7) datestamps. Photo Estimate £ 150-200
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