Charles Dickens 1847 Handwritten and Signed Letter Coins the 'set' of 4 comprising

the 'set' of 4 comprising the 1897 ½d in orange

It was taken by a schoolfriend of his future wife Priscilla

Convention State issues were valid for postal use throughout British India

A fine unmounted mint pristine example with full original gum

For the first quarter of the 19th century these 4 escudo pieces of Portugal was also legal tender in Australia as E4 pieces

Charles Dickens 1847 Handwritten and Signed Letter Coins the 'set' of 4 comprisingA Charles Dickens 1847 handwritten and signed letter addressed to prominent Reading bookseller George Lovejoy (1808 1883), declining an invitation. Sent on 26 June, 1847 from Dickens' London club, the Athenaeum. Dickens was in the midst of writing Dombey and Son when he sent this letter. Dickens writes that: "I have delayed answering your kind invitation in the hope that I could so arrange my engagements to have the pleasure and honour of accepting