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Auction: 21019 - Important Stamps and Covers of the World
Lot: 631

Grenada
Early Letters and Handstamps
1785 (19 Mar.) entire letter to Glasgow, rated "½" and "1/-", showing on reverse, fine "grenada" second type handstamp, London and two Scottish red Bishop marks, and a fine red wax seal, the face panel with "deal/ship lre" handstamp (crossed by filing crease); the letter includes a Bill of Lading for sugar and makes reference to Negroes being inoculated and recovered from smallpox. A very important and exceptionally rare letter, being the sole example of the straight-line handstamp. R.P.S. Certificate (2003). Photo

provenance:
W. Danforth Walker, June 2003

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Estimate
£4,000 to £5,000

Starting price
£3200