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Auction: 1027 - Autumn Collector's Series
Lot: 631

Bermuda 1883-1903 Watermark Crown CA Covers 1885 (3 Dec.) envelope to Halifax N.S., bearing 1d. dull rose vertical strip of three placed sideways, tied by Mangrove Bay "4" duplex and showing, on reverse, clear arrival datestamp (10.12). A clean and most attractive franking. Photo Estimate £ 800-1,000 Note: This cover was carried by the S.S. "Beta" which sailed on 3 December, but was delayed by a storm, only arriving in Halifax on 10 December. provenance: Morris Ludington, June 1999

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£850