1814 TO 1852 SELECTION INC. SLAVERY RELATED: Group inc. 8 Jul. 1814 EL charged 1/3½d to Madeira having superb strike of circular London Paid Ship Letter mark in red, 1826 accounts sheet entitled "Monthly Account of Negroes, Stock, Produce, Receipts & casualties on Cane Grove Estate, St. Vincent, the property of J.W" having v. fine stepped "SHIP LETTER/KINGSBRIDGE" mark in black on front and endorsed "per Enchantress"; 1817 EL from Capetown to Huth, London with reversed step type "SHIP LETTER/DEAL" mark and 1829 wrapper with stepped "DEAL/SHIP LETTER" mark. Other covers with Ship Letter marks of Liverpool, London, Hull, Portsmouth, etc. Also, 1852 stampless EL from British Agency PO, Porto Cabello, Venezuela to France. (8 covers) Cross Reference: ST. VINCENT (Image)

PLYMOUTH INDIA LETTER WITH SCOTS ADDL. "½" MARK: Two sheet letter charged 3/2d ex Meerut (oval mark in purple), with boxed "INDIA LETTER/PLYMOUTH" mark. GB arrival mark unclear, possibly 1834. Addressed to Inverness, thus receiving Exeter applied small "½" mark.Cross Reference: INDIA, DEVON (Image)

WEYMOUTH - EARLY OVAL "Ship Lre/[Crown]/WEYMOUTH" ON COVER FROM GUERNSEY; 31 May 1801 EL (long family letter in French from the addressee's father) from "Guernsey" to Eastbourne charged "1/-" and then "1/1" with a mainly fine scarce oval-framed "Ship Lre/[Crown]WEYMOUTH" (Rob.S2; filing fold) on the front and London transit backstamp. This is the first year of recorded usage for this Ship Lre mark; it may be the earliest known date.Cross Reference: GUERNSEY POSTAL HISTORY, DORSET (Image)