cover 1827 (16 Aug.) entire from Adam Nightingale at Bonavista to the Wesleyan Mission House, London, rated "1/4" and showing very fine "Solomon Seal" handstamp and, on reverse, "SHIP LETTER/PORTSMOUTH" partly overstruck by arrival c.d.s. Very rare and the earliest recorded of the seven known examples. Photo

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cover 1827 (16 Aug.) entire from Adam Nightingale at Bonavista to the Wesleyan Mission House, London, rated "1/4" and showing very fine "Solomon Seal" handstamp and, on reverse, "SHIP LETTER/PORTSMOUTH" partly overstruck by arrival c.d.s. Very rare and the earliest recorded of the seven known examples. Photo
Provenance
Robert H. Pratt, 1991

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