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LONDON "DEAD LETTER OFFICE" RETURNED MAIL & MONEY LETTER ADVICES; 1838-55 group of covers all with types of PO "Returned Letter/Dead Letter-Office" imprints (5), two (ex Minchinhampton/Leicester) with their original returned letters (1838/1855 pair; both with 9 or 6 sets of initials on the reverse to emphasise that the addressees were "Not found/known" - the 1854/5 pair with "ROWLAND HILL" imprints under the flaps; plus 1844/7 pair of red printing PO "MONEY ORDERS" ELs with Edinr. or London Official PAID" cds to Postmasters of Bonaw/Canterbury. [The 1838/39/52/55 items illust. in BPPP; pp.573/4/7/9.] Cross Reference: RETURNED MAIL, POSTAL ORDERS
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