Samuel Pepys signed letter

Samuel Pepys signed letterSigned by the celebrated 17th century diarist Samuel Pepys A rare letter signed by famous English diarist Samuel Pepys in 1668 Co signed by Sir William Penn, father of the founder of Pennsylvania Samuel Pepys (1633 1703) was an English civil servant with the royal Navy, and is best known for his famous diary. From 1660 until 1669 Pepys kept a vivid document of the English Restoration period, covering major events such as the Great Plague, the Second

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This was the first stamp issued in 1853 with a portrait of Queen Victoria and are known as “Couriers” after the Hobart Town Courier newspaper office

The Second Boer War (1899-1902) brought a British victory and the annexation of both independent Boer Republics

Original Morocco and gilt cover

Stanley Gibbons catalogue value: £3

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pellet and comma stops on obverse

inconsequential as a very attractive positional multiple with very fresh colour

What makes this example especially desirable is the black Maltese Cross cancellation

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S and led to her touring America in 1951

and also includes a piece of nonsense wordplay typical of his work: