£340
EARLIEST RECORDED INDIA LETTER MARKING; c.Jan. 1815 E to London endorsed 'p General Nuvill' rated '1/4' with a double-ring "INDIA SHIP LETTER/(Crown)/G.P.O./LONDON" d.s. on front and rear with a London d.s. Note: The India Letter rules and rate changes were introduced, just 10 days prior and whilst this letter was in transit. The equal earliest example of this mark (other in the Barrie Jay collection) and rare thus. Example in our June 2000 sale sold for £160Cross Reference: SHIP LETTERS, LONDON POSTAL HISTORY, INCOMING OVERSEAS MAIL
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