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Auction: 5011 - Stamps & Covers of the World
Lot: 643

Crime and Punishment Crimes Murder 1935 envelope relating to the famous ´Baby Lindbergh´ murder case of 1932, sent from Holland to Bruno Richard Hauptmann in New York then re-addressed with pencil manuscript ´State Prison, Trenton, N.J.´; some cover faults and folded for display though still attractive. Photo Estimate £ 500-600Note: Hauptmann was caught with ransom money paid by Charles Lindbergh, he was tried for First Degree Murder, found guilty and sent to the electric chair on 30th April 1935

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