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** FREE MAIL FROM ROYALTY, WELLINGTON, WILBERFORCE, DANIEL O'CONNELL, GLADSTONE, ETC. - INC. "ABOVE/WEIGHT": 1815-1840 group of free mail from royalty & prominent politicians. Includes 3 Jan. 1829 front from King William IV (endorsement; then Duke of Clarence) at Bushy Park to Merstham, Surrey with framed "TO PAY/2D/ONLY" (fair) along with "2" charge hs struck over boxed "TP/Teddington", Sep. 1839 env. from "Prince Albert Saxe-Coburgh" in Seven Oaks to Hanwell with fine crowned circle "FREE" ds overstruck by "TP/Rate/2D" & intact "Dominus Dedit" seal, 1833 front from London to "Her Royal Highness the Duchess of Cumberland/Hastings" with "Cumberland" endorsement but NOT free, instead given ms "2/8" charge and finely struck with "ABOVE/WEIGHT" which postdates Willcocks & Jay last recorded use (1832; L832) by a year. (9 signed covers + Gladstonian postcard & silk) Cross Reference: AUTOGRAPHS
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