Early Letters
cover 1820 (26 Mar.) entire letter from Demerara "pr Packet" to Edinburgh rated "2/5" showing, on reverse, a good strike of the "DEMERARY/30 MAR 1820" two-line d.s. (Townsend Type 3 - the first date of use recorded); the interesting contents include reference to an epidemic which has killed a quarter of the population. Photo
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cover 1820 (26 Mar.) entire letter from Demerara "pr Packet" to Edinburgh rated "2/5" showing, on reverse, a good strike of the "DEMERARY/30 MAR 1820" two-line d.s. (Townsend Type 3 - the first date of use recorded); the interesting contents include reference to an epidemic which has killed a quarter of the population. Photo