Auction-room tag, quarterly dead letters
String tag from the Northgate auction room, lot tray D.
Lot D-14: one wrapped parcel, insured, brown paper and twine, no contents listed.
Back of tag:
Held from sale. Claimant asks private viewing before noon.
Inventory sheet for the same tray lists D-13 and D-15 in order, but D-14 is blank except for the tag string hole.
Small pencil note on the tag corner:
C.L. says the tray entry is wrong. Do not press the shelf mark unless the round book is raised.
A red filing stamp below the note reads:
Return to claim papers, not auction book.