137436 1811 MAIL SLEAFORD TO LOUTH, RE-DIRECTED TO GAINSBOROUGH WITH 'SLEAFORD/117' MILEAGE MARK (LI850) AND 'LOUTH/155' MILEAGE MARK (LI694).

1811 MAIL SLEAFORD TO LOUTH, RE-DIRECTED TO GAINSBOROUGH WITH 'SLEAFORD/117' MILEAGE MARK (LI850) AND 'LOUTH/155' MILEAGE MARK (LI694). Letter from Sleaford dated 10th October 1811 to 'Mr Bates, Grocer and Draper, Louth', post paid '7' (?) with good to fine strike 'SLEAFORD/117' mileage mark type 29 in red (LI850), re-directed to Gainsborough with charge of '8' and fair strike 'LOUTH/155' mileage mark type 29 in black (LI694). Unusual to find two different mileage marks in two different colours. (Ref 137436).