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Auction: 22013 - Stamps and Covers of Great Britain
Lot: 1680

Great Britain Stamps Used in Jamaica
Falmouth, "A39"
1859 (23 Aug.) quadruple rate envelope (222x91mm.) to London, bearing 4d. rose-carmine pairs (2) and singles (2, one with wing-margin) cancelled with five "A39" and showing "kingston jamaica" K9b (26.8) and London Paid (15.9) datestamps below, despatch P10 datestamp on reverse; a couple of the adhesives defective though the only such franking recorded from Falmouth. Foster 97p

provenance:
E.E. Yates, July 1940
L.C.C. Nicholson, February 1940
J. Grant Glassco, November 1969

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Estimate
£1,600 to £1,800

Starting price
£1400