EARLY BRITISH PERIOD - RARE EXETER "E" BISHOP MARK ON COVER ...

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EARLY BRITISH PERIOD - RARE EXETER "E" BISHOP MARK ON COVER TO G.B.; Remarkable 25 Jan. 1706/7 EL (folds to display internal heading beside address; some neatly strengthened folds and with minor dusting of the address panel and flaps barely detracts) from "Gibaralter" [sic] to Bristol charged "3[d]" (posted there as an inland letter and so without the Ship Letter fee of 1d) with a mainly very fine rare "E/MR/5" Exeter Bishop Mark (1698-1713; only used on Cross-Post letters such as this) on the top flap. The writer, a ship's Captain buying horses, complains that prices are high in Gibraltar because "...nothing can come to it but by water [sea], for what little land comes up to it [the rock] is blocked up by the Spaniards...". Very rare at this early date. [Ex Metliss & Moore.]

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Auction Date:
21st Jun 17 at 1pm BST

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