Lot 38
1800-1849 Maritime Mail. Small collection including 1880 entire from London via Liverpool to Providence….
The Cyriax Collection of Great Britain | 5959
Auction: 1 November 2023 at 10:30 GMT
£420
Description
1800-1849 Maritime Mail. Small collection including 1880 entire from London via Liverpool to Providence, Rhode Island with small curved ‘SHIP’ handstamp applied on arrival, endorsed per Elizabeth & Emma, 1809 incoming letter from Linz to London with a very fine London ‘*SHIP*/(Crown)/LETTER’ handstamp (Robertson Type S10), 1810 Packet Letter from London to Lisbon routed via Plymouth Dock, which the Packets were temporally using owing to a muting by the Falmouth packet crews (scarce, this arrangement was only in place until Jan. 1811), 1834 entire from Mount Irvine, Tobago to Dumfries with a blue ‘SHIP LETTER/19JU1834/LEITH’ handstamp (Robertson Type S6) with matching blue ‘Add:½’ below, 1849 entire from London to Mauritius with a red ‘SHIP LETTER/(Crown)/LONDON’ date stamp (Robertson Type S29) endorsed ‘p. Carnatic. An interesting group.
