Lot 131
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cover 1849 (13 Nov.) entire from Hamilton per Thames to New York, showing a watery strike of the Crowned Circle in reddish brown and, on reverse, a superb strike of the Hamilton PM4 c.d.s. in black, the face also showing circular-framed "6" in red overwritten by manuscript "1/-". The only known cover from Bermuda to U.S.A. carried by an R.M.S.P. steamer during the period the service was in operation, and the latest known use of the Crowned Circle in the original red ink prior to the introduction of the new carmine-red ink. Photo
cover 1849 (13 Nov.) entire from Hamilton per Thames to New York, showing a watery strike of the Crowned Circle in reddish brown and, on reverse, a superb strike of the Hamilton PM4 c.d.s. in black, the face also showing circular-framed "6" in red overwritten by manuscript "1/-". The only known cover from Bermuda to U.S.A. carried by an R.M.S.P. steamer during the period the service was in operation, and the latest known use of the Crowned Circle in the original red ink prior to the introduction of the new carmine-red ink. Photo

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cover 1849 (13 Nov.) entire from Hamilton per Thames to New York, showing a watery strike of the Crowned Circle in reddish brown and, on reverse, a superb strike of the Hamilton PM4 c.d.s. in black, the face also showing circular-framed "6" in red overwritten by manuscript "1/-". The only known cover from Bermuda to U.S.A. carried by an R.M.S.P. steamer during the period the service was in operation, and the latest known use of the Crowned Circle in the original red ink prior to the introduction of the new carmine-red ink. Photo