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Auction: 24027 - Antigua - The Simon Greenwood Collection
Lot: 567

Antigua
Early Letters and Handstamps
Military Mail
1847 (24 Jan.) entire letter "from Peter Morrison Private 667 1st. Batt. Royal Regt." at Ridge Barracks to Edinburgh, rated "1" with London Paid c.d.s. in red and showing, on reverse, a circle of stitch marks where the sender has, most, unusually, paid the 1d. rate by sewing a one penny coin to the letter, Antigua double-arc d.s. and two U.K. transit c.d.s., a further transit c.d.s. on face and accompanied by a 1d. coin of the period; a little soiled though a remarkable payment of the soldier's rate and the only recorded soldier's letter from Antigua. Photo

provenance:
Gerald Sattin, May 2004

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Estimate
£700 to £900

Starting price
£500