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Auction: 12013 - The Collector's Series sale
Lot: 2062

Great Britain Postal History A Selection of Poignant Entires and Letters 1781 (13 Nov.) entire letter from Edward Hyde East (later Chief justice of Calcutta) in London to William Lee Esq (the great-great-grandfather of Robson Lowe) at Cambridge, large type Bishop mark on reverse, fine. A interesting letter with some risqué contents "... and if my purse was long enough I might have a girl every night - may if I pleased I might keep a whore. And nobody be a bit the wiser....". Photo. Estimate £ 400-500

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£280