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Auction: 5011 - Stamps & Covers of the World
Lot: 690

Crime and Punishment Prisons Overseas 1888 envelope used from Melbourne to St. Helena Gaol in Queensland, the reverse with oval h.s. of Dowden´s ´Missing Persons & Private Enquiry Offices´; 1901 envelope registered from Pretoria to London with V.R.I./E.R.I. 7d. franking, showing oval ´Director of Prisons, Transvaal´ d.s.; 1902 O.H.M.S. envelope to the Dutch Consul in Johannesburg, showing red oval ´Prisons Department/Transvaal´ and ´Johannesburg/Prison´ h.s.; 1920 (c.) French postcard with view of Chateau d´If, Marseille (noted in ´The Count of Monte Cristo´) and corresponding Prison Chateau D´If h.s.; 1930 envelope with French ´Prison Maritime, Cherbourg´ h.s.; 1943 envelope to a Canadian soldier held at Winchester Prison; 1950 Jamaica 6d. Air Letter from Richmond Farm Prison to England; 1970 O.H.M.S. envelope to the U.S.A. with ´H.M. Prison/Nassau, Bahamas´ h.s.; 1982 envelope from Johannesburg to Titus Maleka (an A.N.C. member convicted of ´terrorist crimes against the State´) in Robben Island Prison; a mostly fine and attractive assembly Estimate £ 250-300

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