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Auction: 5011 - Stamps & Covers of the World
Lot: 714

Crime and Punishment Punishment Transportation 1836 (31 May) Soldier´s letter from Pte. Cook of the 80th Regiment (serving on board the convict transport ship ´Lady Kennaway´ moored at Sheerness) to his parents in Manchester, the address panel countersigned at left, the content ´quaintly´ written with ´we shall bee 6 mounts before we land at Sidney…. to see the prisoners that we have it would brake the hart of a stone to see them cheaned down for they are cheaned down day and night´; strengthened perimeter splits. Very rare. Attractively written-up. Photo Estimate £ 300-400

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