"William R, 2pp. with docketing, Windsor, August 12, 1830, being the king's approbation of Mr. Thomas William Gilpin as U.S. Consul for Belfast, the document affixed with an obsolete George IV seal (!) and embossed with a tax stamp. Presented in a modern wooden frame with a small 19th century engraved portrait.

DOA 13.25 x 16.5 in.

The Collection of Arthur Bennett Schram, Jr. of Pinehurst, North Carolina and Jupiter Island, Florida

Overall light age toning; a few small marginal stains.

$200 - 300