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Sailors Covers. 1800 (18 Nov.) entire letter "On Board His Majesties "Juno" Port Royal" to Hudson, New York State, no apparent charge raised in Jamaica, U.S. charge of "14½" (12½ cents from New York to Hudson plus 2c. ship postage), showing oval-framed "Ship Letter/Crown/"jamaica" alongside New York "clam" datestamp (8.10), the earliest recorded date of use. Photoprovenance: . Sissons, December 1982(Image1)
Est. £400-500
Opening GBP 320.00
Sold...GBP 320.00
Closed..Nov-19-2020, 08:49:19 EST
Sold For 320
Sale No: 2012
Lot No: 137
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Sailors Covers. 1801 (28 Feb.) entire letter "Paid" from London to George Farington "on Board His Majestys Ship La Topaz at the island of Jamaica", showing indistinct despatch handstamp over-cancelled by London datestamp (2.3) in red; the contents strangely written in contrasting hands, one to "My Dear Dearest children", the other from another party in large script to his brother that he has been to London and "seen the King and Princesses". Photo (Image1)
