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Auction: 18037 - The Philatelic Collectors' Series Sale
Lot: 968

Grenada
Early Letters and Handstamps
Carriacou Island
1842 (30 Apr.) entire to Chester and re-addressed to Manchester, rated "1/-" (deleted) and "1/1" and showing, on reverse across join, fine straight-line "carriacou" handstamp with a small portion of "ship" of "ship letter" visible, and Manchester arrival datestamp (12.6). Very rare, only three examples recorded. Photo

provenance:
Harmer Rooke auction, April 1963

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Sold for
£1,600