Lot 69
Postal History. 1832 EL from the...
Auction: 11 July 2021 at 01:00 BST
£975
Description
Postal History. 1832 EL from the Codrington correspondence from John Winter in Barbuda, per ship Antaeus, rated '1/6' (ship letter 8d, inland 10d). On arrival boxed INDIA LETTER/ PLYMOUTH applied in error, overstruck by way of correction by boxed SHIP-LETTER/ PLYMOUTH, with a further strike also on the reverse. Usual filing folds
XXX Italics please - The letter makes extensive reference to a three-month drought; 'I have nothing favourable to communicate. I se nothing but misery staring us in the face, it is impossible for Bbda. to be in a worse state from drouth...' Perhaps unsurprisingly, the only known example of the India Letter applied to a letter from Barbuda XXX
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