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Auction: 5011 - Stamps & Covers of the World
Lot: 723

Crime and Punishment Punishment Transportation 1843-44, entire letters (3) and letter inserts (3) relating to prisoners transported to Van Diemen´s Land (Tasmania), two of the crimes named as ´theft of a money letter´ and ´sheep-stealing´, another refers to the family of a transportee who were subsequently sent to the ´Poor House´, 1843 letter insert from a Police Magistrate at Port Arthur enlisting help in the search for three escapees (one being a notorious ´bushranger´ called ´Jacky-Jacky´), 1844 letter insert concerning a convict who had escaped from Hobart Gaol by scaling a wall, etc.; a fine and neatly written-up group with fascinating accompanying details Estimate £ 300-350

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