125783 1839 MAIL BISHOPS STORTFORD TO LONDON WITH 'BISHOPS STORTFORD/PENNY POST' HAND STAMP (HE122).

1839 MAIL BISHOPS STORTFORD TO LONDON WITH 'BISHOPS STORTFORD/PENNY POST' HAND STAMP (HE122). Wrapper from Bishops Stortford to 'Chr. Hodgson Esqre. Bounty Office, Dean's Yard, Westminster' (Queen Anne's Bounty), charged 8 and on front good strike boxed 'No 3' receivers hand stamp of Newport in Essex, in black. On reverse good strike 'Bishops Stortford/Penny Post' hand stamp in black (HE122), both hand stamps affected by filing folds. On reverse London date stamp 25 MY 1839. Writer is discussing the Glebe at Debden Parish, with manuscript reference to the Vicarage of Newport. (Ref 125783).