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Auction: 5011 - Stamps & Covers of the World
Lot: 691

Crime and Punishment Prisons Overseas 1905 postcard from Lagos showing two shackled prisoners at Porto Novo, 1912 postcard from India showing view of the military prison at Trimulgherry, 1916 British Guiana 1c. postal stationery card addressed to the Massweuni gaol and showing ´h.m.p.s.´ (H.M. Prison Service) c.d.s., 1929 envelope from Trinidad to Chicago bearing 1d. tied by ´penal rock correction/trinidad´ c.d.s., 1940 envelope from Mauritius to New York showing embossed ´h.m. prisons/mauritius´, 1966 envelope to New York with purple ´addressee convicted/of mail fraud´ h.s., 1980 (c.) envelope From U.S.A. to England with ´mailed from cca/mountain view/correctional facility´ h.s.; a fine and attractive group Estimate £ 150-180

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