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Auction: 14033 - The Leeward Islands, Bahamas and Turks Islands from the Vestey Collection
Lot: 670

Virgin Islands
1867-70 Issue
Cover
1878 (12 Dec.) envelope to the Lord Bishop of Antigua, bearing 1d. yellow-green on white paper (2) and 4d. lake-red on pale rose paper, each clearly cancelled "A91" and with manuscript "4" in red crayon at lower left corner, the reverse with Tortola, St Thomas Danish P.O. and Antigua c.d.s.; the envelope with a few small fox marks at foot, nevertheless an attractive and very rare cover to an unusual destination. B.P.A. Certificate (2007). Photo

provenance:
Maurice Burrus, 1962
William Frazer, May 2004

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Sold for
£4,200