Description: Disclaimer: This description is generated by Artificial Intelligence. The technology is new and makes some mistakes. The images are what you should use when making your buying decision. Contact us if you find a significant error in the A.I. generated description so we can fix it. ********************************************************* This is a vintage postcard. Smugglers Five and twenty ponies trotting through the dark Brandy for the parson baccy for the clerk Laces for a lady letters for a spy And watch the wall my darling while the Gentlemen go by! The sea-cut coves and secret caves of Cornwall's wild coast were for several centuries the havens of a lucrative seaborne trade - smuggling from the seventeenth to the nineteenth centuries the smugglers made vast fortunes landing spirits tobacco silks and other luxuries at dead of night thereby avoiding the duty on them. The smuggler's market was large. His customers ranged from magistrate to the mere parson and their exploits are these 'free traders' like Mount's Bay's so much feared 'King of Prussia' whose gang operated from Mouhou's Carter were so called to labour some of still remembered today. During the late 1800s the smugglers' main opponents the Revenue men with their fast custom cutters and generous rewards to informers began to get the upper hand and by the mid-nineteenth century smuggling became a thing of the past or has it... POSTCARD COLLECTORS SERIES EXCLUSIVELY PUBLISHED BY MURRAY KING STUDIO IVES CORNWALL 0736 796303. MK 150 PRINTED IN CORNWALL
Price: 24.95 USD
Location: Sandusky, Ohio
End Time: 2025-01-13T23:42:19.000Z
Shipping Cost: 4.95 USD
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All returns accepted: Returns Accepted
Item must be returned within: 30 Days
Refund will be given as: Money Back
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Postage Condition: Unposted
Theme: Cities & Towns
State: Cornwall
Region: Cornwall
Country: England
Type: Printed (Lithograph)
Unit of Sale: Single Unit
Original/Licensed Reprint: Original
Size: Continental (6 x 4 in)
