19th CENTURY PRE-STAMP/STAMPLESS MAIL; Range on leaves with ...

Hammer

£550

19th CENTURY PRE-STAMP/STAMPLESS MAIL; Range on leaves with May 1800 EL to England treble-rated at '5/-' with two-line "ANTIGUA" d.s. on front with contents ref ....lost your sugar by the Norfolk owing to the capture of the Halifax and Adelphi packets....., July 1800 privately-carried EL to St Thomas, Apr. 1819 EL to Edinburgh datelined 'H.M.S Salisbury Island of Antigua', Jan. 1827 E to Scotland with faint to fair "ANTIGUA" fleuron d.s. on rear, Mar/Apr. 1853 EL's to England rated '1/-' with "ANTIGUA" double-arc d.s. on rear and May 1869 env. to Boston rated '4'(d) with fine "[CROWN]/PAID/AT/ANTIGUA" h.s. (SG £750) and "N.Y.STEAMSHIP/10" cds on front. (7 covers + 2 maps) Cross Reference: SCOTLAND, INCOMING OVERSEAS MAIL, UNITED STATES OF AMERICA, NAVAL MAIL