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 Anti-Vaccination. Printed design with hand-coloring, depicting a policeman holding the mother and a skeleton administering a vaccination to a child, with verse on top flap which includes
"Small-pox is a process of cleansing. Vaccination is a process of corruption and death.", bearing Great Britain 1p Red tied by "654" in barred oval, "Ross OC 11, 1879" circular datestamp and used to Broughty Ferry in Dundee, receiving backstamp, some
edgewear and missing small part of top flapVERY FINE. A RARE AND DESIRABLE COLORED EXAMPLE OF THIS STRIKING ANTI-VACCINATION DESIGN. #This design was likely issued by the Anti-Vaccination Society. Vaccination was made compulsory in England
in 1853 and in Ireland and Scotland in 1863. The Society was formed in 1871, and by 1880 legislation imposing punishment for failure to comply was dropped. (Image) Search for comparables at SiegelAuctions.com |
E. 2,000-3,000
SOLD for $1,400.00
Will close during Public Auction |
