EARLY CONVICT PARDON - GEORGE BRIDGES BELLASIS. First formal pardon of a convict to serve in high office in New South Wales, this being the original manuscript order to Governor PHILIP GIDLEY KING announcing the free pardon of GEORGE BELLASIS, signed by KING GEORGE III and C. YORKE (Home Secretary). "Given at Our Court at Saint James's the Nineteenth day of November, 1803". Folio, 2 pages, with paper seal; in very good condition.

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A$2,500–3,500

Realised

A$11,000

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Source: Leski Auctions
First seen: 7 July 2026, 23:05
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