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Auction: 5011 - Stamps & Covers of the World
Lot: 651

Crime and Punishment Crimes Suicide 1845 (8 Aug.) entire letter (side flaps missing) addressed to the Governor of Canterbury Jail, showing red handstruck ´1´ with corresponding Sheerness double-arc d.s. on reverse in the same colour, the content states ´A report has been in circulation that Sears, a prisoner in your charge, has attempted suicide and has been removed to a lunatic asylum…. let me know if true of not´; light fold crosses strike though not detracting Estimate £ 100-120

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