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George III - ALS

Currency:USD Category:Collectibles Start Price:650.00 USD Estimated At:1,300.00 - 1,600.00 USD
George III - ALS
<Our item number 119902><B>George III.</B> &#40;1738-1920&#41; King of England &#40;1760-1820&#41;; best remembered for losing the American Revolutionary War and for being &#34;mad&#34; &#40;today attributed to the genetic blood disorder, porphyria&#41;. ALS &#40;&#34;George R&#34;&#41; as King, 1 p plus blank integral leaf, 9&#34; x 7½&#34;, 1801 June 27. Written in the third person to the Lord Bishop of Norwich: &#34;<I>The King incloses to the Lord Bishop of Norwich the four hundred pounds for the Fund established to keep in order the Painted Windows of St. George&#39;s Free Chappel in Windsor Castle, as the Subscription of His Sons, the Duke of York and Cumberland; and Princes Augustus, and Adolpphus George R</I>. &#34;. <BR>Estimated Value &#36;1,300-1,600. <BR><BR>Our item number 119902<BR><IMAGES><P ALIGN="CENTER"><IMG SRC="http://www.goldbergcoins.net/liveauction/43jpegs/119902.jpg"> </P></IMAGES>