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Auction: 8009 - Great Britain Stamps & Postal History
Lot: 1594

x Great Britain Used Abroad French West Indies Guadeloupe 1813 (28 May) entire letter to London via the "Surinam Packet" bearing, on the reverse, a fine strike of the straight-line "guadeloupe" in black, rated "2/2" with London arrival on reverse; redirected on arrival with Unpaid handstamp and fancy datestamp (14/7). A fine example of this rare marking. Photo Estimate £ 1,000-1,200 provenance: J. Grant Glassco, November 1969

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