Stack's Bowers & Ponterio
August 2020 Auction - Online Sessions 10-11 Aug 2020
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by F. Jukes, ship with sails furled, rev. 'Labourer at warehouse No. ' . No number. 41mm (Hawkins p.33; D & W 334/42; cf. Noble II, 1123; cf. DNW M11, 1691). Pierced, as issued with much of the detail softened due to long-term water submersion. RARE.
The West India Dock Company was formed by Robert Milligan (1746–1809), Jamaican born merchant and ship-owner, and the Docks, authorised by the West India Dock Act of 1799, were constructed between 1800 and 1802.