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HOUSE OF COMMONS 1d ENVELOPE - USED TO CHICHESTER: 1st Apr. 1840 usage of the "To be posted at the House of Commons only. Post Paid.--ONE PENNY.--Weight not to exceed ½oz" envelope (Huggins & Klempka Type-EHC1db; some creasing & small stain marks with a repaired corner at top right) to Chichester having a partly fine red London crowned "PAID/+" Official mail datestamp on the front (with partly legible red wax House of Commons seal). Signed at lower left by "J.A. Smith" (MP for Chichester). [Ex Robson Lowe Jan. 1978 & Harmers 1990] Cross Reference: OFFICIAL MAIL, PARLIAMENTARY MAIL, LONDON POSTAL HISTORY
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