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Auction: 18013 - The Brian Brookes Collection of St. Kitts-Nevis
Lot: 165

St Christopher
Early Incoming Mail
1664 (4 Oct.) entire letter from Amsterdam to St. Christopher, carried privately; small hole near centre of face panel. A very early item of mail associated with St. Christopher. Photo

Note: St. Christopher was first colonized by Captain Thomas Warner who landed there on 21st January 1624 with a small party of settlers.

The Dutch, Swedes and English signed the Triple Alliance against France in 1668 but in 1670 Charles II deserted the Dutch. The French overrunning the country in 1671.

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£750