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Auction: 26019 - Stamps and Covers of Great Britain
Lot: 1046

Great Britain
Postal History
1783 (18 May), entire letter from Captain Hart in Kilderry to Lieutenant General Grant in London, with "londonderry" on the front and "26/MA" Bishop mark and fine red wax seal on the reverse; fine. An important and unusually candid a.l.s. (the writer refers to "The Volunteers and their rebellious principals" and remarks ",The abominable Irish twang of the people here offended my ears very much"), written from rural Ulster shortly after the conclusion of the American Revolutionary War

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Estimate
£250 to £300

Starting price
£180