AGREEMENT OF PURCHASE AND SALE

Exhibit 10.9

Agreement of Purchase and Sale made as of June 17, 2005 by and between Grass Properties Inc. and Hanover R.S. Limited Partnership.

On June 17, 2005, Astro-Med, Inc. (the “Company”) entered into an agreement with Hanover R.S. Limited Partnership, a Texas limited partnership (the “Purchaser”) with a principal business address of 5847 San Felipe, Suite 3600, Houston, Texas, for the sale of approximately 24.692 acres of land located in Braintree, Massachusetts owned by the Company (the “Property) for the purchase price of $6,100,000 to be paid in cash at the closing. The sale of the Property is subject to a 90 day feasibility period e