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Auction: 6010 - Important Stamps & Covers of the World - Washington Philatelic Exhibition Auction
Lot: 216

Trinidad 1868 (22 May) blue envelope to Newfoundland, headed "From No. 1277 Pte. John McGrath 2/16th Regt.", countersigned by Commanding Officer, bearing1863 CC perf 12 1/2 1d. lake placed sideways and cancelled "1" in square of bars, showing large manuscript "1" in red crayon, light "trinidad/paid" in red and "harbour grace" (2) double-arc d.s. and, on reverse, St. Thomas and St. John Newfoundland c.d.s.; the envelope with vertical crease and tear on flap though a rare early stamped soldier´s cover to a most unusual destination. R.P.S. Certificate (1959). Photo Estimate £ 800-1,000 Note: The 16th Regiment went to North America in 1861. The 1st. Battalion was sent to Canada and the 2nd., with its base in Barbados, sent detachments to Trinidad and other islands in the area. provenance: T.V. Roberts

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