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• Auction House:
  Mossgreen
• Sale Name:
  Australian History
• Sale Date:
  30 May 2017 ~ 10am - Session 1: Lots 1 - 406
  30 May 2017 ~ 2.30pm - Session 2: Lots 407 - 715
• Lot #:
  366
• Lot Description:
  AN EARLY INWARDS LETTER TO A SMALL TASMANIAN VILLAGE 1838 (Aug.7) lengthy cross-written entire social letter from England
  to “Thomas Rawling, Bull Inn, Prossers Plains, Van Dieman Land” with unframed “PAID AT BRISTOL” handstamp and rated 1/-; with “PAID SHIP LETTER” in red and a fine strike of the scarce first type boxed “SHIPLETTER/3DE/1838” on arrival. The Prossers Plains post office had just opened in early August 1838. Framed and glazed so that all text and postal markings are visible. Overall 53 x 37cm.
• Notes:
  The area around Buckland was originally settled around 1820. It was called the Prosser Plains as it was near the Prosser River. The oldest remaining house dates from 1826, and is called Woodsden. The village was renamed Buckland by the then governor, John Franklin in 1846, gaining its name from William Buckland the Dean of Westminster. The Buckland hotel was built in 1845.
• Estimate:
  A$600 - 700
• Realised Price:
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• Category:
  Unclassified

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