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Auction: 16044 - The John Clemente Collection of Tasmania Postal History
Lot: 364

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Convicts
1840 (30 Nov.) entire letter (very distressed state) from Ebenezer Lake, Macquarie Inlet, New South Wales, to William Gunn, Principal Superintendent of Convicts, Hobart, showing framed "paid" h.s. and "paid ship letter/sydney" oval d.s., both in red, and on reverse, Crowned "general post office/sydney" d.s. and boxed "ship letter" arrival d.s. (16.12); 1843 (13 Aug.) convict's entire letter (rather distressed) from Port Arthur to New Norfolk and re-addressed to Hobart, signed by Civil Commandant, Port Arthur and showing Crowned "free" d.s . in red

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£480