Great Britain and British Commonwealth SHIP LETTERS
Sale No: 849
Lot No: 1567
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HULL SHIP LETTERS ON INCOMING MAIL: 1838-50 group inc. 1838 EL ex Rotterdam rated "1/7½" with fine but faint blue stepped "HULL/SHIP-LETTER" hs (Rob. S8); 1845 E, 1847 E (2) & EL, and 1850 E all ex- or via Hamburg with fine blue (4) or black (1) boxed "HULL/SHIP-LETTER/[E or A or D + date]" (one across flap) (Rob. S11). All in fine clean condition with clear strikes. (6) Cross Reference: YORKSHIRE (Image)
Opening GBP 80.00
Sold...GBP 95.00
Closed..Dec-15-2022, 03:00:00 EST
Sold For 95
Sale No: 849
Lot No: 1568
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VERY RARE LIVERPOOL EXEMPT MARK; Dec. 1863 EL to Liverpool, datelined at St Johns, N.B and headed 'Consignees' and endorsed 'pr Wild Wave' at lower left with fine "LIVERPOOL/EXEMPT SHIP" and "d1" h.s. on front and with a framed "LIVERPOOL/SHIP" d.s. on rear. Rare mark and believed the only example on mail from New Brunswick. Cross Reference: LANCASHIRE - LIVERPOOL, TRANSATLANTIC MAIL, NEW BRUNSWICK, INCOMING OVERSEAS MAIL (Image)
Opening GBP 380.00
Sold...GBP 650.00
Closed..Dec-15-2022, 03:00:00 EST
Sold For 650
Sale No: 849
Lot No: 1569
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ROCHESTER - RARE OVAL "SHIP-LETTER/[Crown]/ROCHESTER" ON DISINFECTED COVER EX N. BRUNSWICK; 14 Oct. 1805 E from missionary "Edward Pidgeon" in "Restigouch" (modern Campbeltown in remote northern New Brunswick) to London but clearly sent to New York and carried from there on the ship 'Orb' (Captain Ceet; the only Standgate Creek transatlantic arrival recorded in Lloyd's List - pcopy included - that fits the London 21 Jan. 1806 arrival cds) with a remarkably clear double-oval "SHIP-LETTER/[Crown]/ROCHESTER" (Rob. S2; few known, all 1803-12) nicely placed on the front. The letter has the distinctive light vinegar-staining of Standgate Creek back and front and to quote Robertson (p.E.255); "Almost without exception the Rochester ship-letters which have survived bear the unmistakable signs of disinfection at Standgate Creek... all types are of some rarity". Very few pre-1850 disinfected transatlantic covers have been recorded; presumably there was an outbreak of cholera or yellow fever on the 'Orb' in mid-Atlantic. Exhibition Quality. [Ex Alan Robertson himself; illustrated by him on p. E.256.]Cross Reference: UNITED STATES OF AMERICA, DISINFECTED MAIL, KENT, NEW BRUNSWICK (Image)
