1826 EL from St. Vincent with oval SHIP - LETTER - DERRY

1826 Entire Letter from St. Vincent to Whitby with manuscript "pr. Hope / via Greenock" but landed on the north coast of Ireland and showing a fine to very fine upright strike of the rare oval · Ship Letter · Derry surrounding a Crown (F/K 452, Robertson S2) in brown-red, charged 1/2, re.charged 2/6, with boxed "½" for wheel-tax in black, some folds reinforced.
Ex T.E. Field collection.