Avonmouth. 1907 Picture postcards franked Jamaica 1d or G.B ...

Hammer

£290

Avonmouth. 1907 Picture postcards franked Jamaica 1d or G.B ½d cancelled at Avonmouth, handstamped "SHIP LETTER / AVONMOUTH / BRISTOL", the first card with interesting message "Had most horrible Earthquake here on the 14th & unfortunately was in the City of Kingston doing some shopping but most miraculously wasn't hurt in the least, the dead & wounded were lying all round me, am leaving tomorrow, the place is absolutely in ruins", the other card written on R.M.S "Tagus" with Royal Mail Steam Packet Co "Posted on the High Seas" cachet. A good pair, the first ex Robertson collection, illustrated in a 1957 article he wrote in "Stamp Collecting". Also a postcard of R.M.S "Port Kingston" (which carried the first card) and a photograph of the ship in harbour taken on the day this card was written, with smoke rising from the burning city. (4). Photo on Page 92.