David Feldman's Great Britain & British Empire June 12, 2018

Great Britain & British Empire / June 12 & 13, 2018 Lot N° Symbol(s) / Photo Page Cat. N° (SG) Estimate ( £ ) 15 15 Tuesday, June 12, 2018, at 16:30 CET Great Britain Pre-Adhesive & Stampless 20000 F / 16 1762 Entire from Antigua to London to Codrington carried by the ‘Greyhound’, Man of War, which put into Milford Haven, it received a ship letter stamp in the form of “HAVERFORD / WEST” handstamp on reverse, fine and presumably unique usage 1’500-2’000 20001 F / 16 1789 Entire from Grenada (Dougaldstone Estate) written on May 2nd to Messrs Lod & Co., members of Lloyds, arranging insurance, very fine RAMSGATE / SHIP-LRE (S1) on obverse,  with fair Grenada Crown cancel on reverse, originally charged as a ship letter (5)  but corrected to the packet rate of a 1s 600-800 20002 F / 16 1791 Cover addressed to London from Antigua (Langford Lovell) addressed to Sir Codrington to the care of Marmaduke Trattle with manuscript ‘Lancaster’, handstamped s/l LANCASTER with SHIP alongside, carried by the ‘Molly’, fine 800-1’000 20003 F / 16 1804 (Aug 13) Entire from New York to Liverpool via London with fine oval Crown Ship Letter, probably landed in the vicinity of Herne Bay or Whitstable and conveyed to the nearest town with postal facilities, where the Canterbury mileage mark was applied as a ship letter mark, fine and scarce 700-900 20004 F 1827 (May 3) Cover from Elberfeld to London, with boxed “SHIP LETTER / GRAVESEND” (S7) applied on reverse in error, cancelled by ‘Crutched Cross’ and re-stamped with correct boxed SHIP LETTER/MARGATE (S5), fine and spectacular 2’000-3’000