cover -- 1857 (17 Dec.) entire letter to London, showing good (if slightly smudged) strike of the red Crowned circle "PAID/AT/ST.THOMAS" with London arrival c.d.s. and manuscript "6" alongside; two clean fold cross the first strike. S.G. CC2. Photo
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cover -- 1857 (17 Dec.) entire letter to London, showing good (if slightly smudged) strike of the red Crowned circle "PAID/AT/ST.THOMAS" with London arrival c.d.s. and manuscript "6" alongside; two clean fold cross the first strike. S.G. CC2. Photo

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cover -- 1857 (17 Dec.) entire letter to London, showing good (if slightly smudged) strike of the red Crowned circle "PAID/AT/ST.THOMAS" with London arrival c.d.s. and manuscript "6" alongside; two clean fold cross the first strike. S.G. CC2. Photo
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