Lot 50535 – 1815 entire letter from London to Canada with “WITHDRAWNSHIP LETTER / GREENOCK / (CROWN)/POST PAID” hs
Lot 50535 – 1815 entire letter from London to Canada with “WITHDRAWNSHIP LETTER / GREENOCK / (CROWN)/POST PAID” hs
Lot 50535 – 1815 entire letter from London to Canada with “WITHDRAWNSHIP LETTER / GREENOCK / (CROWN)/POST PAID” hs
Great Britain » Postal History » Pre-Adhesive & Stampless
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Price realised
Unsold
Estimate
6’000 – 8’000 GBP
Auction date
Thu 20 Jun 2024 at 10:30 (Europe/Zurich)
Description
1815 entire letter from Scotland to Montreal Canada, from London forwarded (with manuscript endorsement) from Glasgow, signed by the Earl of Buckinghamshire at lower left, the front with a fine strike of oval “SHIP LETTER/QUEBEC” in black and “P10” and “11 1/2” in red manuscript, the reverse showing a fine strike of the unique small diameter “WITHDRAWNSHIP LETTER / GREENOCK / (CROWN)/POST PAID” very rare being the only known example and the only known port using it. Very fine.
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