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Auction: 12043 - Queensland - The Alan Griffiths Collection
Lot: 1001

QueenslandThe Moreton Bay DistrictEarly Letters1841 (25 Nov.) entire letter from "Brisbane, Moreton Bay" to England, rated "8" and showing, on reverse, Crowned "general post office/sydney" oval datestamp (7.12) overstruck by London "ship letter" handstamp, and two different London datestamps (22.5 and 23.5); the letter written by a Dr. S. Simpson with notes regarding life in and around Brisbane, and comments on a proposed visit to the Bush "armed with a brace of Pistols & a Broadsword for the native have been very troublesome of late". The earliest recorded letter from the Moreton Bay District. Photo

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