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Auction: 25017 - Stamps and Covers of Great Britain
Lot: 5046

Great Britain
Postal History
1828 (1 Oct.) entire letter from Lerwick to Edinburgh with manuscript rate "1/7½d." (Ship rate 6d., Captain rate 2d., inland rate 11d. and wheel tax ½d.), the reverse with remarkably clear boxed "shipletter/frasersburgh" (S.1). An exceptional strike of this rare handstamp, Robertson notes that "only a few examples have been recorded". Photo.

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Estimate
£1,500 to £2,000