£200
FALKLANDS/MALTA/JAMAICAN SLAVERY - 'GREEN CROSS' LABEL COVER, ETC.; 20 Feb. 1849 EL (worn fold across address) from "MORANT-BAY/JAMAICA" (mainly very fine cds) to GB incl. "...the cultivation of our estates, sugar and coffee, must be abandoned as out lazy free Negroes cannot work against the slaves of Cuba - a great number of young men are going off to El Dorado, California where gold is found..."; fine 1925 PPC to USA with Falklands KGV 1d+½d on picture side tied by v. fine 2-ring Port Stanley cds; 4 Apr. 1943 env. ex GB to Malta (Boursnell corresp.) with GB KGVI 2½d Pair and fine Green Cross label alongside. (3 covers)Cross Reference: SLAVES AND SLAVERY, JAMAICA, MALTA, FALKLAND ISLANDS
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