£3,300
India Letter - Cape of Good Hope. 1818 (Apr 15) Entire letter to "Lieut Colonel Warre, D.Q.M. General, Cape of Good Hope" written by his mother, but headed as a free letter and signed by S.R Chapman, Secretary of the Master of Ordnance, who had unlimited franking, with red Free datestamp and scarce black oval datestamp (Jay 1424, used in the Ship Letter Office in 1813-19). Delayed for a week awaiting a suitable ship to the Cape, then handstamped with red crowned boxed "INDIA / LETTER / FREE / LONDON" datestamp (Apr 22). A remarkable item, still the only recorded example of this India Letter Free datestamp (a similar handstamp with "SHIP" at base recorded on three 1816-17 items, this possibly the same handstamp with "SHIP" excised), ex. Jay. Photo on Inside Front Cover.
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