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Auction: 12016 - The Collector's Series sale
Lot: 1009

Great BritainPostal History1789 (2 May) entire letter with on reverse an exceptionally clear strike of the larger type Government Penny Post Dockwra type "w/sa" for Westminster; written by Robert Melville, Governor of Guadeloupe (1760) and Governor of the Ceded Islands (1763-70), the letter refers to "A meeting at the Crown & Anchor Tavern of Planters and others interested in the Ceded Islands" and makes reference to Grenada, Dominica, St. Vincent and the House of Commons. Photo

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