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Auction: 12016 - The Collector's Series sale
Lot: 1017

Great BritainPostal History1837 (15 April) entire letter to Edinburgh with framed additional "½" marking and on reverse an exceptional strike of the rare "uist to/dunvegan" handstamp; fine. The entire letter with important contents concerning the Government "sending out from the island a considerable number of emigrants to Australia free of expense." The number later mentioned is "2,500". A rare letter from the Outer Hebrides to the Isle of Skye. Photo

Estimate
£400 to £500