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Auction: 17010 - The Philatelic Collector's Series Sale featuring The Robert Van Buren Emmons FRPSL, Collection of British Empire Classics
Lot: 1695

Portugal
Cape Verde Islands
1786 (23 Aug.) entire letter from Thomas Makin to his cousin in Liverpool, without postal markings but interesting traders correspondence, including "we are going to get underway directly & proceed to the Cape de Verde to purchase cloths"; part of wax seal on front; faults but a rare early letter

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Estimate
£120 to £150