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Lot 153 THE BLACK HANDSTRUCK "1" MARK (TP3) WITH "ST-THOMAS/PAID", ETC.; 29th April 1871 env. to Kingston with a fine red "ST-THOMAS/PAID" c.d.s. on the front with red m/s "4" (the inter-Caribbean rate), also having a v. fine Jamaican black "1" (TR3) and a black m/s "1" alongside. Rare thus. (This is the cover - ex Surtees - ILLUSTRATED BY FOSTER, P111.) Also similar 17th Sept. 1870 EL (damaged) with near fine "ST-THOMAS/PAID" c.d.s. with red m/s "8", having a black pencil "2" alongside; the d