Lot 27
Jamaica: 1896 envelope from Britain to...

Stamps and Postal History of the World | 5938
Auction: 22 November 2022 at 00:00 GMT
£140
Description
Jamaica: 1896 envelope from Britain to Jamaica endorsed ''via new york'' with stamps floated off, carried by the ''S.S. Ailsa'' which departed New York bound for the West Indies and South America but en route made anchor in thick fog and collided with the French vessel ''La Bourgogne''. Bearing label affixed in Jamaica from the G.P.O Jamaica George H Pearce dated 17th April, scarce.

