1841 MAIL 'COUTY GAOL LEICESTER' TO EDINBURGH 1d PL.8 (SG7)(IH) FINE USED. Fine letter 'County Gaol Leicester' 24th April 1841 to 'Mr David Dickson, 10 South Street, Andrew Street, Edinburgh' with fine 1d red pl.8 (SG7) lettered IH, four close to very large margins and tied very fine strike Leicester Maltese cross. Filing folds well clear of stamp. Writer states 'I am imprisoned for the non-payment of the Church Rate 2/5/0 and cost 125 3-0, the Ecclesiastical Court could have committed me for contempt on my next appearance to the first Citation as in the case of John Thorogood .....'. (Ref 143827). '
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