Virgin Islands 1798 (23 Mar.) entire letter from St. Thomas to London

(x) Virgin Islands 1798 (23 Mar.) entire letter from St. Thomas to London, "per packet", rated "1/8" and bears a good strike of the straight-line "tortola" type 2 postmark showing the very large or distorted "T" and there is a strike of the London arrival struck over the flap join. Sent by RMSP packet to Falmouth. There is a vertical folding crease and some internal paper splitting, nevertheless and very good example of this very scarce marking of which it is thought that only 7 examples have been recorded; also 1819 (25 June) entire letter to Kendal, Westmorland, rated "2/4" and bearing a fine strike of "tortola/25jun19" type 3A datestamp; there are two vertical folding creases, one being quite heavy Subject to 5% tax on Hammer Price in addition to 20% VAT on Buyer’s Premium.

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