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1839 DEC 8 TP FLEET St 2d RATE IN UNIFORM 4d POST HOLBORN IMPROVEMENTS CIRCULAR:
$40.17
HOLBORN IMPROVEMENTS printed Entire Letter signed in ink by SPENCE & BULLIVANT at 32 ALFRED PLACE, BEDFORD SQUARE advising 2 properties owned by LORD AMHERST which will be affected by a new road etc., small section of outer backflap torn away where seal opened but well away from text - great document for further research and a rare 2d postal history use during UNIFORM 4d POST period which only lasted FIVE WEEKS from DEC 5th - this one with rather weak TP/Fleet St E O postmark and fine handstruck 2 charge mark, the red datestamp on Reverse is 18 DEC but the \'1\' barely struck at all, confirmed as 14th inside when issued and on a filing note inside outer flap - postal rates which were less than 4d at the time were not increased. Minor soils on outer. SOCIAL HISTORY. PLEASE VIEW OUR OTHER sales AND BUY IT NOW ITEMS - MORE ADDED REGULARLY - PLEASE LEAVE response - BOOKMARK OUR SHOP AND RETURN OFTEN.
