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Auction: 26020 - The Dr. Jon Higgins Collection of Labuan Queen's Heads and The Paul Barsdell Collection of Sarawak
Lot: 154

(x) Sarawak
Early Brooke Letters
1868 (14 Jan.) three page letter written from Cheltenham to Henry Denny signed by Sir James Brooke, the 1st Rajah; 1868 (22 Apr.) two page letter written from Sarawak to Henry Denny signed by Charles Brooke, later 2nd Rajah; and 1927 (17 Oct.) letter written from Kuching signed by Charles Vyner Brooke, 3rd Rajah; also a print of James Brooke signed by him. An interesting trio of letters




provenance:
C.M.C. Symes, Robson Lowe, October 1971, Lot 1007

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Estimate
£400 to £500