Page 87 - The Sideways Experimenatal Duplex 1852-1858

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Beside the envelope you can see the valentine card that was inside this envelope. The rhyme below the picture reads "

1 as hand stamp identification and needs to be traced to be sure of

life hunt the slipper."
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the 1st September 1857 as were the other Type Vb hand stamps. It is recorded used between the 30th January 1858 and 30 1

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July 1858.

been trimmed to fit inside this oval to avoid spoiling the embossing on the envelope. The hand stamp is dated the 14th February 1858 and it shows the code A
the West or City, Come
Above you can see a rather nice embossed valentine envelope with an oval in the middle to allow for the address to be written. You can see that the stamp has
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