1806, folded letter datelined St. Croix, 18 October, to London, endorsed “p. packet” and struck with unframed PACKET-LETTER in black, rated 2/- for the rate from the West Indies to London via Falmouth, with c.d.s. arrival backstamp (Dec 29), some discoloration at top mostly confined to reverse, else a fine example of this straight-line marking, rare, with DuBois recording only five examples from 1808, and none prior.
