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Auction: 5011 - Stamps & Covers of the World
Lot: 632

Crime and Punishment Crimes Debt 1812, 1814 and 1817 entire letters from prisoners held at King´s Bench Prison for debt, the address panels showing good to fine strikes of the rare framed ´st. george´s f+s´ h.s. (two being in black, the other in red), interesting contents with one of the letters written from ´Daveys Coffee Ho., Borough´ - the coffee house was located within the confines of the King´s Bench and paid an annual rental of £105 to the prison Marshall; one with toned fold (clear of the strike), otherwise fine. A rare trio. Photo for two Estimate £ 220-250

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£160