** TYPE I CACHET ON COVER TO SURREY: (1916) env. (tear in ba...

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£1,600 - £2,300

** TYPE I CACHET ON COVER TO SURREY: (1916) env. (tear in backflap, otherwise fine) to Mrs Gertrude Anderson at Woldingham, Surrey, bearing faint but legible strike of the Type I cachet. [There are no other markings but was from Agnes Glass, and can be dated to 26 November 1916, when Agnes wrote a letter to Mrs Anderson thanking her for a parcel she had sent to the island, and giving further personal details about herself and the island. Gertrude Anderson published this letter in 'The Times' on 1 January 1918 (copy enclosed with lot). The cover was carried on the Norwegian ship 'Trio' which called at Tristan on 11 December 1917.] There is also a letter written by Gertrude Anderson to J. Faulkner, apparently in response to 'The Times' letter, relating to a philatelic enquiry about Tristan '...Tristan da Cunha has no stamps of its own...The envelope is however postmarked...I believe some philatelists also collect envelopes...'. A rare example of the Type I cachet and a fascinating letter wholly on the subject of Philately. SG C1 £4000. (2 items)