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GB RPSL PB-CORRESP-INT-110038-840-1
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Letter requesting postage stamps for Saint Vincent
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English
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Summary: This page contains a letter from Geo H Hawtayne, Acting Colonial Secretary of Saint Vincent, to Perkins Bacon & Co, requesting six hundred sheets of one penny black postage stamps to be sent by Royal Mail Steamer. The letter is dated 6 July 1874, with a note that the stamps were invoiced on 15 August and arrived on the 31st.
