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Auction: 19045 - The Philatelic Collectors' Series Sale
Lot: 1179

Great Britain
Postal History
Coaching
1784 (8 Sept.) "The Edinburgh Evening Courant.", including (page 3, column 1) a report of "The experiment made of the conveyance of letters" concerning "The Bath and Bristol machine protected by the Government, they change horses about every ten miles, and go at the rate of rather more than seven miles and hour without intermission, except for a short time for refreshment". fine

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