ROYALTY & V.I.P.s - AUTOGRAPHS & ABUSE OF FRANKING PRIVILEGE...

Hammer

£110

ROYALTY & V.I.P.s - AUTOGRAPHS & ABUSE OF FRANKING PRIVILEGE - SON & NIECE OF GEORGE III, ETC.; 1815-33 covers (& letters to Francis Freeling) inc. 1818 letter to Freeling ex Princess Sophia (KG III's niece) asking for "the utility [of] a free intercourse of letters to myself" on charity business, 1815 letter in the third person to a lady friend ex the "Duke of Kent" (KG III's son) agreeing to frank any letters she cares to send to him, 1815 letter in the third person to Freeling from the "Countess of Portsmouth" (wife of the crazy Earl) ref. her taking "the franking of letters instead of his Lordship", 1833 EL franked by Earl Carnarvon with "FARRINGDON" UDC but enclosing two letters written by other people, 1817/33 Es to Actress Frances Kelly, and 1838 E franked to the poet Shelley's mother. Intriguing lot. (7 items) [All ex Bob Galland.]Cross Reference: AUTOGRAPHS, ROYALTY