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Auction: 1027 - Autumn Collector's Series
Lot: 554

Bermuda Transit Mail 1853 (4 Feb.) entire letter from Alexandria, Virginia to "Capt. John Kenduck, Schooner Pampero, Grenada", rated "10" and "11", showing a fair to fine strike of the very rare "united-states/via-bermuda" h.s. (Type MISC3) in red and, on reverse across join, "st georges/bermuda" in red (11.2), St. Thomas (17.2) and arrival (18.2) datestamps. Photo Estimate £ 2,000-2,500 Note: The MISC3 handstamp is only one of two recorded examples. provenance: Robert Dickgiesser, October 1999 Spink auction, November 2007

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