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Auction: 25015 - Stamps and Covers of the World
Lot: 3416

(x) Samoa
1839 (5 Nov.) entire letter headed "Upolu" from John Williams (martyred on Erromanga just fifteen days later), to London, the face struck with red "paid ship letter/sydney" oval d.s. for May 1840, charged "8" (UK letter rate) and "3" as unpaid on arrival, the reverse with boxed "india letter/hastings" in red and London receiving d.s. Vertical filing fold otherwise fine, intact and scarce.

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Estimate
£80 to £100