GREAT BRITAIN, Fores's Courting Envelope No. 1. Attractive design depicting various themes such as Cupid, walking couples etc., red "Windsor NO 29, 1840" circular datestamp and manuscript "2" rate and used to Beverley, receiving backstamp of the following day, some slight soiling and wear

VERY FINE. A RARE EXAMPLE OF THE FORES'S COURTING ENVELOPE NO. 1, WHICH WAS PUBLISHED IN SEPTEMBER 1840. VERY FEW USED EXAMPLES ARE KNOWN, AND THIS IS IN BETTER CONDITION THAN MOST. A GREAT RARITY.

The British Pictorial Envelopes of the 19th Century book lists eleven used examples. Of these, three are fronts, one has possibly had the adhesive removed, one is not a contemporary use (1898) and no details are known about two others (one is in National Postal Museum). This leaves only four examples in potentially better condition.

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