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Auction: 341 - The Numismatic Collector's Series Sale
Lot: 1415

Great Britain. Victoria (1837-1901). Royal Letters Patent, December 19, 1864. Granted to William Tate of Horsley Hill near South Shields in the County of Durham for his invention for "Improvement in armour and in making and applying the same for protecting wood and iron ships of War and Batteries". VICTORIA BY THE GRACE OF GOD heading, lovely embellishments, blue paper Five Pound stamp upper left, massive wax Great Seal of the Realm intact and affixed. A Very Fine and impressive document.

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$600