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Auction: 5011 - Stamps & Covers of the World
Lot: 665

Crime and Punishment Prisons Devon 1794 printed list issued by the Sheriff of Devon naming the 72 jurors summoned for the ´Lent Assizes´; 1819 printed ´Petition and Schedule´ (details completed in manuscript) relating to a debtor prisoner at St. Thomas the Apostle Prison; 1850 envelope with printed ´On Her Majesty´s Service. Inspector of Prisons´ addressed to ´Borough Gaol, Bradninch´, 1853 envelope with printed ´On Her Majesty´s Service. Dartmoor Prison´, bearing 1841 1d., also 1907-71 picture postcards (7, two being used) and two envelopes relating to Dartmoor or Princetown; 1945 printed postcard from a P.O.W. in Germany showing ´Recovered P.O.W. Mail´ h.s.; 1990 envelope (with enclosure) from a life prisoner at ´H.M.P. Channings Wood´; a fine and most attractive assembly. Photo for one Estimate £ 350-400

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