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Auction: 17015 - The Philatelic Collector's Series Sale featuring The "Foxley" Collection of Barbados
Lot: 2461

(x) Newfoundland
Airmail Covers
1919 (2 May) Martinsyde Attempt, First Supplementary Mail "Crosbie Hotel" envelope to England, bearing unoverprinted Caribou 3c. brown tied by St. John's machine d.s. and showing, on reverse, London arrival datestamp for 7 January 1920; the envelope with some faults, nevertheless an extremely rare cover. E. Diena Certificate (1985). Photo

Note: Early in May a very few additional covers were added to the mail. They were all franked with the ordinary Caribou 3c. During the period of waiting for the weather a third lot of mail had accumulated, so on 12 July the bag was opened and a further 25 letters include, all franked with the Alcock $1 stamp.

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Estimate
£1,500 to £2,000