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36295_32
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Item Information
Record Type:
Auction Catalogues & Private Treaty
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Item Sub Title:
Who Name:
Swarbrick (vendor)
Date:
29 Sep 1995
Number:
Sale: 501
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 Pages: 177 Size: 4 MB
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Sale Lot/Reference
Group Description:
Title:
Lot 32 The matching cover to the previous lot and SENT BY SHIP FROM CANADA; 31st Aug. 1778 EL from "Beauport" (endorsed as being "Quebec" by the recipient) to "John Grant Esq., in Spanish Town, Jamaica. p. favor of Capt. Aitkins of the How". On the front is a faint red m/s "7" and on the reverse is a fair "KING/STON", but no Bishop Mark. [One wonders if the rarity of The Jamaican Bishop Mark and its absence from this cover may indicate that it was only used on "Too Late" mail; one example of
Key Words:
Jamaica OTHER KINGSTON P.O. NAMESTAMPS
Description:
the Bishop Mark is known with a m/s "Too late", and the first "TOO LATE" mark of Jamaica was indeed dated (Foster TL2).] Fine and rare; mail from Canada of this date is seldom seen.
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Est: £150 Real: £220
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