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Re: Hughes & Son's Sextant - General Info
From: Frank Reed
Date: 2020 Aug 28, 10:51 -0700
From: Frank Reed
Date: 2020 Aug 28, 10:51 -0700
Here's an index to all messages on your topic:
http://fer3.com/arc/sort2.aspx?subj=general+info&author=&y=20200601&y2=20201001.
You don't really need to look at that index (it's just "for your reference"). The only message you missed was the reply from Bill Morris which was posted immediately after your initial inquiry in June. Here's the full text of it:
Hello, Andy and welcome.
8117 is the serial number and indicates that your sextant was made in mid 1919, so is a genuine antique, but only just...
Bill Morris
Pukenui
New Zealand
Franik Reed
