VERY EARLY FRAMED "LERWICK/SHIP LETTER" HS: 13 May 1815 EL e...
VERY EARLY FRAMED "LERWICK/SHIP LETTER" HS: 13 May 1815 EL ex Lerwick to Edinburgh charged "7", with very fine "LERWICK/SHIP LETTER" hs (oily & somewhat over fold); this mark only recorded from Jan 1815 & therefore this example is rare so early and clear. The contents reference the lack of ships from Shetland to Argyllshire causing cattle to be sent instead via Leith & driven overland from there. [Ex Cavendish Auctions 25/1/2001, lot 15; realised £340+BP] Cross Reference: SHIP LETTERS
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VERY EARLY FRAMED "LERWICK/SHIP LETTER" HS: 13 May 1815 EL ex Lerwick to Edinburgh charged "7", with very fine "LERWICK/SHIP LETTER" hs (oily & somewhat over fold); this mark only recorded from Jan 1815 & therefore this example is rare so early and clear. The contents reference the lack of ships from Shetland to Argyllshire causing cattle to be sent instead via Leith & driven overland from there. [Ex Cavendish Auctions 25/1/2001, lot 15; realised £340+BP] Cross Reference: SHIP LETTERS
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