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Catalogue 267: BRITISH POST OFFICES ABROAD - The DUBOIS collection (part II)
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  • Lot# : 4049 St. Vincent

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    1772 (Oct 8): Entire letter from Layou Bay to St. Augustine, East Florida (Mrs. Barrie correspondence), endorsed in manuscript 'To the care of Mr. Wells, Bookseller, Charles Town, S. Carolina' sent as internally noted "I send this by way of Boston enclosed in a letter" with faint BOSTON handstamp in magenta and Bishop Mark "12/NO". Thence forwarded and struck across back flap with two line "CHARLES / TOWN" in brown. Multitudes of deleted manuscript rates and with a final charge to pay of '3/11d.' in manuscript at top. Sensibly preserved and a most remarkable and extremely rare entire.rnrnNote: The contents from Mrs. Dolly Barrie's husband, attached as a Doctor to the British Army in St. Vincent are typically chatty "We arrived at Tyrell's Bay after a passage of seven weeks...we were very short of water. Immediately upon our coming to anchor the Major and I went on shore but finding that Kingstown was the capital of the island we went there and waited upon the Governor and Col. Dalrymple with whom we dined...we returned that night on board the Transport...and next day Cotton with 30 men were ordered about three miles inland, Pilot with 2 Company and myself ordered about 10 mile to the Leeward to guard the pass of the Mountains where the Indians are expected to come down if they are repulsed by the Main Army.. the Post we have occupied is capable of repulsing the whole Caribs should they attempt to attack us...the 32nd Regiment have had three men killed and two wounded...the Natives are about 2'000, supplied with firearms, sabres, powder and ball and some few swivels from the French...".
    Starting bid : 2,500.00 CHF
    Hammer price : not sold

    Lot# : 4050 St. Vincent

    Unfortunately this lot was withdrawn from this auction.

    Lot# : 4051 St. Vincent

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    1859 (Sept 10): Great Britain 1857 4 d. rose, two examples in a bright shade but one crossed by file fold, used on 1859 cover from Kingstown to Baltimore, USA endorsed 'p. Mail via St. Thomas', tied by fine strikes of the "A10" obliterator in black and by "Steamship / 20" charge marking. Reverse with single ring ST. VINCENT cds (Sept 10) and 'St. Thomas' transit cds (Sept 14) in black. An attractive and very scarce cover.rnProvenance: Collection Louise Boyd Dale & Alfred Lichtenstein, Harmers, New York, 17-18 Feb 1969, lot 267; Collection J.L. Bobbie Messenger.rnrn                  
    Starting bid : 2,500.00 CHF
    Hammer price : not sold

    Lot# : 4052 St. Vincent

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    1858 (July 21): Great Britain 1856 6 d. lilac in a horizontal pair, used on 1858 double rate entire letter from Kingstown to London (addressed to Capt. Tarleton of the 'HMS Euraylus'), cancelled by fine strikes of "A10" obliterator in black, redirected on arrival in London with 1857 1 d. red, perf. 14 in a horizontal pair tied by London EC duplex (Aug 16) to Portsmouth. Reverse with ST. VINCENT double arc cds in black, London cds in red and Portsmouth arrival (Aug 17) in blue. Some minor imperfections to reverse but a spectacular and most attractive entire.rnProvenance: Stanley Gibbons, New York, 18 Feb 1981, lot 306.
    Starting bid : 2,500.00 CHF
    Hammer price : not sold
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