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ROYALTY 1902 Current Event PostCards for the Coronation with photo of Westminster Abbey & lengthy facsimile "written" letter datelined "London, June 26,1902" but overprinted in red "June 14, 1902. The world was gravely shocked...the King had undergone an operation for perityphilitis...the Coronation has been postponed and all arrangements...have been upset, including our own", postally used at London 'JU24/02' (the First Day of Issue!). Ex Keith Harrison. [Perityphilitis affects the caecum at the junction of the small & large intestines. It is commonly said that the operation was for appendicitis (or epityphilitis)]
Symbol : c
Grade : a
Categories: Stamps & Postal History > REST OF THE WORLD - Picture Postcards