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Auction: 19045 - The Philatelic Collectors' Series Sale
Lot: 1180

Great Britain
Postal History
Coaching
1786 (29 July) "The Morning Chronicle and London Advertiser", includes an Official announcement, with reward, General Post Office, 28 July 1786 concerning bags of letters "stolen out of the boot of the mail coach at Knutsford", £200 reward, "By Command of the Postmaster General, Anthony Todd, Sec", references to Adam & Eve (a Tea House), Crown Coffee House (Hoxton), London Coffee House (Ludgate Hill), Rainbow Coffee House (Cornhill), Nando Coffee house (Temple Bar), Rainbow Coffee house (Pall Mall), Antigallican Coffee House (Threadneedle St.), etc., also references to The Brighthelmstone Wagon, The return Post Chaise to Carlisle, etc., rare and important

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Sold for
£120

Starting price
£140