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Auction: 9028 - British Empire Stamps & Postal History
Lot: 2

Ascension 1830 (24 May) entire letter, headed "H.M.S. Ariadne - At Ascension", ex the Saumarez correspondence to Guernsey, rated "1/8" and showing step-type "portsmouth/ship letter" h.s. in red; the contents with reference to his voyage via Sierra Leone, his forthcoming trip to St. Helena and "from thence we are to proceed to that abomnible place Fernando Po, then Princes Island and then to Accrah on the Gold Coast". A rare and early letter. Photo Estimate £ 800-1,000

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