A Victorian Green Leather Despatch Box C1850 the top mounted with its original swing handle (re-polished), and impressed with Queen Victoria's Royal Cipher and the name of the original owner SIR GEORGE GREY*, below which is stamped 'COLONIAL DEPARTMENT', the name of the department is also impressed on the rear. The green Velvet lined interior has raised sides, the Bramah lock has its original key.
Weight 2.15 kg
Size 38 x 25 x 14cm
*Sir George Grey, KCB (14 April 1812 – 19 September 1898) was a British soldier, explorer, Governor of South Australia, twice Governor of New Zealand, Governor of Cape Colony (South Africa), the 11th Premier of New Zealand, and a writer.
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