£280 - £400
** PORTSMOUTH HULK - CENSORED P.O.W. LETTER ENDORSED "Exd. AL" BY CENSOR - EX PRISON-SHIP "LE PROTHEE"; Fine 16 Nov. 1813 EL from POW "Jacques Martin" at "Portsmouth, Ship Le Prothee" to the Mayor of Toulon; it has the only recorded example of a Portsmouth Napoleonic POW Censor endorsement - "Exd. AC" - on the lower flap and is charged "13" (decimes; sent via London and Morlaix). The writer is seeking the Prize Money due to him from his previous privateer career. A remarkable Censor-endorsed cover from a Prison Hulk. [See MFPWE, pp. 171 + 216.]Cross Reference: MILITARY - CENSORED MAIL, MILITARY - P.O.W. MAIL, HAMPSHIRE, FRANCE
Fees apply to the hammer price:
Free Registration
24% inc VAT*
