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Auction: 5011 - Stamps & Covers of the World
Lot: 725

Crime and Punishment Punishment Transportation 1846 (5 Nov.) envelope inscribed ´Free, A. McLeay´ addressed to Sydney, the reverse showing fine strikes of oval dated Camden N.S.W. (despatch) and G.P.O. Sydney (arrival) markings. Opened-out for display on neatly written-up page with fascinating details relating to McLeay: he was in overall command of the penal colony on Norfolk Island during the convicts uprising of 1834, which resulted in many deaths and injuries, before being quelled by Capt. Fyans. Photo Estimate £ 120-150

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