142284 1848 MAIL BAYTON, WORCS TO SOLIHULL, BIRMINGHAM 1D (SG8) 'Cleobury/Penny Post' (WO184).

1848 MAIL BAYTON, WORCS TO SOLIHULL, BIRMINGHAM 1D (SG8) 'Cleobury/Penny Post' (WO184). Letter from Bayton Vicarage, May 8 1848 to 'James Bolton Esq, Solihull, Birmingham, with fine to very fine 1d (SG8) lettered FE four good to fine margins tied light cancellation. On reverse good strike 'Cleobury/Penny Post' handstamp in black (WO184). Writer says 'A messenger neglected to call for my letters on Saturday and I never send on a Sunday so your letter was delayed. I will be in Bewdley on Tuesday in time to meet you at the same time the Coach arrives'. 'The Red Rover Coach is made a mail and comes through Bewdley on its way to Tenbury and Ludlow it used to start from the Swan Hotel Birmingham at two ... it arrives at Bewdley about five...'. (Ref 142284).