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1838 FREE MAIL CROYDON TO LONDON WITH 'CROYDON/PENNY POST' HAND STAMP IN BLUE (SY138). Entire sent free mail from Croydon to 'Alfred Bell Esqr., 35 Lincolns Inn Fields, London' dated August 24 1838 and on front fine strike 'Croydon/Penny Post' hand stamp in blue (SY138), on reverse CROYDON date stamp AU 24 1838 also in blue. On front charged '1', Penny Post and fine strike 'To Pay/1d Only' instructional mark in brown (L816), second day of recorded use. Filing fold clear of both hand stamps. (Ref 128262).
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