GREAT BRITAIN

GREAT BRITAIN GREAT BRITAIN: CORNWALL 1841 (Dec 11) Part entire, the right hand side adhered to card from the
ship ‘Ellen’ at Macao to ‘ Wardhill House By Old Rain, Aberdeenshire’, charged at ‘1/4’, double ship letter rate; the reverse with superb stepped box type ‘MEVAGISSEY/SHIP LETTER’ (S.1), the face with ‘ST AUSTELL’ 04.05.42 sorting datestamp, and London 08.05.42 transit and boxed ‘OLDRAIN’ 09.05.42 receiving datestamp on opposite reverse flap. Some faults though a wonderfully clear strike of this rare handstamp. Illustarted in ‘A History of Ship Letters of the British Isles’, Alan w. Robertson.

GREAT BRITAIN: CORNWALL 1841 (Dec 11) Part entire, the right hand side adhered to card from the ship ‘Ellen’ at Macao to ‘ Wardhill House By Old Rain, Aberdeenshire’, charged at ‘1/4’, double ship letter rate; the reverse with superb stepped box type ‘MEVAGISSEY/SHIP LETTER’ (S.1), the face with ‘ST AUSTELL’ 04.05.42 sorting datestamp, and London 08.05.42 transit and boxed ‘OLDRAIN’ 09.05.42 receiving datestamp on opposite reverse flap. Some faults though a wonderfully clear strike of this rare handstamp. Illustarted in ‘A History of Ship Letters of the British Isles’, Alan w. Robertson.

Covers and stamps / Great Britain

£775