SCOTS LOCAL CANCEL - ISLE OF ROUSAY RARE LOCAL BACKSTAMP & "...
SCOTS LOCAL CANCEL - ISLE OF ROUSAY RARE LOCAL BACKSTAMP & "FINSTOWN" CANCEL: 18 Jan. 1858 env. (minor toning; side flap opened out) ex Rousay franked 1d red 'Stars' tied by v.fine rare boxed "FINSTOWN" Scots Local cancel (Type VII; recorded by Alcock for 1857-60 only), with v.fine rare blue boxed "ROUSAY" backstamp slightly overstruck by Banchory arrival ds. Rousay never used its boxed namestamp as a cancellation for stamps; very few pre-1880 stamped covers are known from Rousay & this combination with the Finstown Scots Local may be unique(?). Exhibition item. [Ex Cavendish Auctions June 2012, lot 1357; realised £900+BP]Cross Reference: LOCAL POSTS, SCOTS LOCAL CANCELLATIONS
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SCOTS LOCAL CANCEL - ISLE OF ROUSAY RARE LOCAL BACKSTAMP & "FINSTOWN" CANCEL: 18 Jan. 1858 env. (minor toning; side flap opened out) ex Rousay franked 1d red 'Stars' tied by v.fine rare boxed "FINSTOWN" Scots Local cancel (Type VII; recorded by Alcock for 1857-60 only), with v.fine rare blue boxed "ROUSAY" backstamp slightly overstruck by Banchory arrival ds. Rousay never used its boxed namestamp as a cancellation for stamps; very few pre-1880 stamped covers are known from Rousay & this combination with the Finstown Scots Local may be unique(?). Exhibition item. [Ex Cavendish Auctions June 2012, lot 1357; realised £900+BP]Cross Reference: LOCAL POSTS, SCOTS LOCAL CANCELLATIONS
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