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Auction: 5011 - Stamps & Covers of the World
Lot: 712

Crime and Punishment Punishment Transportation 1833 and 1835 (2) entire letters from Royal Navy surgeons stationed in penal colonies or relating to service on convict ships; also 1814 entire from an unnamed Surgeon at Plymouth Dock to the ´Commissioners of Transports, London´ requesting a four month leave of absence from duty (the filing note confirms that this was granted); 1829 entire from ´Letitia Hulk, Woolwich´, probably from a medical officer, to Lechlade, good range of markings including rare framed ´india letter/ramsgate´; 1834 entire letter, addressed locally in London, referring to the surgeon of a convict ship who had died en-route to N.S.W.; neatly written-up with interesting details and illustrations Estimate £ 300-350

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