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Auction: 12013 - The Collector's Series sale
Lot: 2036

Great Britain Postal History 1680-82 Dockwra´s Original Penny Post A remarkable and highly important collection of twenty complete Newspapers dated between 1680 (24 March) and 1682 (28 June), all relating to Dockwra´s original London Penny Post, most with substantial references, nine different titles, comprising "Mercurius Civicus" (7), "True Domestick Intelligence", "Smith´s Currant Intelligence" (2), "The Protestant (Domestick) Intelligence", "The Impartial Protestant Mercury" (2), "The Loyal Protestant and True Domestick Intelligence" (2), "Mercurius Anglicus" and "The True Protestant Mercury" (4); chiefly fine for their age and most interesting Estimate £ 2,000-2,500

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