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1852 "BARBADOES"/"LITTLE-RIVER/JAMAICA" CDS (LATTER REF. LOSS OF S.S. 'AMAZON' - WITH THE BARBADOS 1st-ISSUES): 11 Nov. 1852 E charged "1/-" Packet rate to London with fine BARBADOES cds on flap (red filing note affects slightly); plus 26 Feb. 1852 EL from "Little River P.O." to London charged "1/2" "P. R.M.Steamer" with v. fine scarce "LITTLE-RIVER/JAMAICA" serif cds on flap having contents inc. thanks for "Your favour of the 14th January, apprising me of the loss, in the unhappy Amazon of your [Decr. letters]...". The entire Perkins Bacon shipment of the very first stamps of Barbados were lost in this wreck of the 'Amazon' (along with 115 of her 162 passengers/crew and the addressees' letters) on 4 Jan. 1852. (2 covers) Cross Reference: JAMAICA
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