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• Auction House:
  Mossgreen
• Sale Name:
  Stamps & Postal History
• Sale Date:
  05 Mar 2015 ~ Session 1 (Lots 1 - 176) - 1pm
  05 Mar 2015 ~ Session 2 (Lots 501 - 647) - 3pm
• Lot #:
  77
• Lot Description:
  1851 semi-literate entire headed 'Hobertown Barracks April 18th' & signed 'EH Bell' endorsed on the face 'Convicts Letter' but not countersigned, to L
  with light '[crown]/FREE/22AP22/1851' cds in red, light London transit b/s of SP25/1851 & rated '8' for an incoming shipletter, 'LANCASTER' arrival b/s of the same date, redirected locally with 'MILNTHORPE' arrival b/s in blue, very minor soiling.
  Symbol: C Grade: A-
• Notes:
  An unusually fine convict's letter. The writer complains of missing out on an inheritance (?) because 'you all supposed me to have been dead...If you did not get the letters [I sent] it was not my fault...', then most presumptuously '...If you send [my money] to the hands of Sir Thomas Dennison [several attempts to spell 'Lieutenant-Governor'] it will be quite safe. L Erl Gray can forward my money as he is a party consernd in the convicts And then it would save me the expense of the power of an atorney...'
• Estimate:
  A$3,500 - 3,500
• Realised Price:
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• Category:
  Numismatics

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