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Auction: 21016 - The Philatelic Collectors' Series Sale
Lot: 1399

(x) Madagascar
Postal History
1837 (16 June) entire from British Naval Officer 'off Bembatooka Madagascar' to Exeter. Interesting contents include 'This is certainly the most barbarous and uncivilised place I have had the misfortune to arrive in' and information on the slave trade. Dover and Exeter d.s. An interesting letter with relevance to the 1836 Treaty signed between the British and King Radama of Merina

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Sold for
£420

Starting price
£210