£340
HOUSE OF COMMONS 1d ENVELOPE - USED TO MANCHESTER: 11 Feb. 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-EHC1ba; slightly faint address, minor wear) to Manchester having a fine red London Crowned "PAID/+" Official mail datestamp on the front. Signed at lower left by "Robert Hyde Greg" (MP for Manchester & supporter of the Anti-Corn Law League). Endorsed "recd feby 12" in red on the front, and having a heraldic red wax seal. [Ex Trapnell, Cavendish Dec. 1995; lot 598.] Cross Reference: OFFICIAL MAIL, PARLIAMENTARY MAIL, LONDON POSTAL HISTORY
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