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Auction: 21022 - Great Britain Stamps and Postal History including the Beechwood Collection
Lot: 1032

Great Britain
Ephemera
C. 1800, a travelling leather and wooden desk with brass corners, leather strap and ink-well at front, as used by a mobile street scribe who for a fee, would copy documents or write letters for those requiring this service. This scene typified by the sketches and engravings of Georgian London by artists Hogarth, Rowlandson and Gillray.
A rare object to have survived. Photo


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Estimate
£800 to £1,000

Starting price
£650