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Auction: 15023 - The Philatelic Collector's Series Sale
Lot: 3636

Great Britain
Postal History
1754 (18 July), entire letter from William Warburton, addressed to Mr. Nourse/ Bookseller at the/Lamb in the Strand and endorsed "ffree R. Allen, on reverse, and opening well for display, "bath" and Bishop marking; fragile as might be expected but fine, extremely rare and of postal historical significance. Photo

note:
William Warburton (1698-1779), bishop and scholar, defender of Alexander Pope's Essay on Man, a controversialist who tackled Hume, the Deists and Wesley.
Ralph Allen (1693-1764), entrepreneur and philanthropist, friend of Pope and Fielding, notable for his reforms to the British postal system. In 1712 he became postmaster of Bath and devised a system of cross-posts for England and Wales

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Estimate
£800 to £1,000