Item 1987/1 - Two cards from Mark Blackburn to Christopher Blunt with one attachment

3 items, paper

Two cards from Mark Blackburn to Christopher Blunt with one attachment:
(a) card, manuscript, dated 21 April 1987, in which MASB thanks CEB "for a most enjoyable Easter" and attaches a copy of his London Congress paper. He says that he is working on the Guthrum Appendix; if included, it will entail some alteration of the main text. He also says that the Hardy MS may enable him to determine the approximate proportion of the two-line coins "are likely to be Viking rather than English. He asks about the next Winchester Mint Committee meeting and whether he can return the MS at that time. In two postscripts, he says that (i) Fiona [Blackburn] advises to consume the chocolates in some haste since they are made with fresh cream and have a short shelf life, and (ii) asks whether there any Guthrum coins in any of the Preston sales catalogues.
(b) attachment, copy of paper entitled 'The earliest Anglo-Viking coinage of the Southern Danelaw (late 9th century)', by Mark Blackburn, typescript 14pp in all (10pp of text, 1p key to the illustrations, 1p acknowledgements and 2pp of notes), with amendments and annotations. There is a manuscript in the upper right corner of the first page that reads "Int. Num. Cong., London 1986".
(c) card, typescript, dated 22 April 1987, in which MASB says that he has looked at "BMC Alfred 190 (Abenel)", which he describes as a "blundered Alfred".