Lot no. 341

1809, Lettersheet docketed "ST. CROIX 25th AUGUST 1809" and marked "1 oz" (= quadruple rate), addressed to Bristol, showing on front superb strike of black "LEEWARD ISLAND F / 24 NO 24 1809", charged with a total of "7/8". A fine and important item of DWI postal history, the earliest recorded strike of the "LEEWARD ISLAND F"-postmark, which lateron was struck in green colour