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Auction: 19015 - The Philatelic Collectors' Series Sale
Lot: 2389

Great Britain
Postal History
1646 (1 April), payment of an account to Richard Swanley, Naval Officer, for £10/5/3d., Signed by Sir Edmund Prideaux (in 1642 appointed to the committee to enquire into rates of inland letters; 1644 appointed "Master of the Posts, messengers and couriers"; 1649 had established a regular weekly service throughout the kingdom; 1652 had improved efficiency by legal and illegal means), John Rolle (M.P., Turkey merchant), Squire Bence (Seafarer, merchant and politician), Alex Bence (Ship owner and M.P.) and Sir Walter Earle; half page, slight discolouration at the edges; fine for its age and a very rare and important postal history document. Photo

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Estimate
£2,200 to £2,500