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Auction: 22066 - Historical Documents, Postal History & Autographs - Featuring the Robin Hunt Collection
Lot: 2267

The Robin Hunt Collection
Royal Visits
India
1876-1877 The Prince of Wales.
The papers kept by the Political Agent in Gondar regarding arrangements and detail for the visit by the Prince, including Lord Lytton's memo to Chiefs referencing British Acts of Parliament proclaiming the Queen "Empress of India" and announcing a Durbar to be held on 1 January 1877, with a manuscript copy of the Proclamation (23)

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