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Auction: 24027 - Antigua - The Simon Greenwood Collection
Lot: 724

Antigua
1876 Watermark Crown CC, Perf. 14
Covers
1885 (14 Dec.) double-rate envelope from English Harbour to Bristol, bearing 1d. lake-rose strips of three (2) and a pair, all clearly cancelled and tied by "A18" obliterator with one pair additionally tied by English Harbour c.d.s. and showing, on reverse, another strike of the despatch c.d.s. and arrival datestamp (11.1); the envelope with small part of flap missing. A very rare and attractive franking being one of two known double rates from English Harbour. R.P.S. Certificate (1960). S.G. 18. Photo

provenance:
E.V. Toeg, December 1990

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Estimate
£2,500 to £3,500

Starting price
£1800