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• Auction House:
  Mossgreen
• Sale Name:
  Australian & Colonial - Antique & Historical
• Sale Date:
  03 Jun 2014 ~ 2.30pm
• Lot #:
  155
• Lot Description:
  The Hobart Town Gazette, complete 4-page newspaper of Saturday April 11, 1829.
  With the rare "NEWSPAPER DUTY - TWO PENCE" crowned handstamp on front. [This tax was only levied for 2 years, from October 1827 until October 1829, when the Hobart Gazette was one of only two newspapers published. Except for this short peiod, Tasmanian newspapers were carried free in the post until 1889.
• Notes:
  The recipient, "J. Simpson, esq." had arrived in Tasmania in 1822 aboard the "Deveron". The news reports include details of a "daring highway robbery...committed a short distance from Launceston, by two armed men, supposed to be John Bevan and George Appleby..." also, the news that "John Longworth....has been dismissed from the Field Police, and sentenced to the chain gang, for wilful neglect of duty in not apprehending a runaway convict"
• Estimate:
  A$750 - 1,000
• Realised Price:
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• Category:
  Books & Manuscripts

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