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14 April 2021

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№ 574

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14 April 2021

Hammer Price:
£110

Egypt and Sudan 1882-89, dated reverse, no clasp (J. Heapy. A.B. H.M.S. “Minotaur”), good very fine £80-£120

Provenance: Dix Noonan Webb, December 2000 (when sold with El-Teb-Tamaai clasp)

Joseph Heapy (’Heaphy’ on records) was born in Blackrook, Cork, on 4 April 1862, entering naval service on 28 September 1882. He served in Minotaur between April 1882 and 31 May 1884, when, after a promotion to Leading Seaman in November 1883, he ‘ran’ at Portsmouth.