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PRESTAMP SAMPLE POST COVERS INC. 1789 CLARET "NORWICH" + 1841 1d RED COVER (TRACING PAPER SAMPLES); 1789 EL prepaid from Columbine & Sons of Norwich to Bolzano, endorsed "Echantillons de nulle valeur" (samples of no value) and originally containing pieces of patterned fabric, with fair claret NORWICH and London circular POST/PAID which may be the earliest recorded 'Sample Post' endorsement on mail ex GB? [illust in BPPP, p.475; ex Cavendish Sept. 2006 auction; lot 1264, realised £240+BP]; plus similar 1830 EL from Antwerp (faint red cds) to London also endorsed "Sample of Seed", 1830 EL from Greenock to Edinr. endorsed "Sample of Sugar" [illust. in BPPP, p.478] - all seemingly charged at letter rates. Plus 1843 local London env. with fine 4m 1d Red tied by v. fine MX with its original contents incl. a monogrammed sample of E.G.'s Tracing Paper plus matching printed circular. Early G.B. Sample Post covers are very rare. (4 covers)Cross Reference: NORFOLK, BELGIUM, 1841 1d REDS
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