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Auction: 5011 - Stamps & Covers of the World
Lot: 669

Crime and Punishment Prisons Isle of Wight 1838 (10 Aug.) printed six-page Act of Parliament entitled ´An Act for establishing a Prison for young Offenders.´ – the text declaring that the military hospital and asylum at Parkhurst was to be converted into a juvenile penetentiary, the act covers various aspects of the Governor´s responsibilities including the infliction of corporal punishment; 1847 newspaper cuttings from the ´Illustrated London News´ showing the newly opened prison; 1985 envelope registered from Albany Prison to London; a fine and attractive group Estimate £ 150-180

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