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Auction: 20037 - The Charles Freeland Collection of Three Islands: St Lucia, Nevis & St Vincent
Lot: 650

(x) St. Vincent
Abbreviated Village Datestamps
"RAB" Rabacca
1877 (2 May) envelope addressed to Tourama House, bearing 1872 1d. black tied by indistinct red obliterator, showing fine "rab" c.d.s. at foot with "k" arrival c.d.s. alongside, both crossed by light fold; the envelope with flap missing which has affected top of cover. Extremely rare, one of two recorded 1d. covers carried in the abbreviated datestamp period

provenance:
William Glossop, November 1955
L.K. Lickfold, November 1964
O. Bowlby, October 1956
J.L. Messenger, January 1983
Peter Jaffé, March 2006

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Sold for
£1,800

Starting price
£550