141847 1818 'STAMP OFFICE' PRINTED PERMIT TO ORGANISE PUBLIC STAGE COACH OR CARRIAGE TO CARRY PASSENGERS BETWEEN LONDON AND HERTFORD.

1818 'STAMP OFFICE' PRINTED PERMIT TO ORGANISE PUBLIC STAGE COACH OR CARRIAGE TO CARRY PASSENGERS BETWEEN LONDON AND HERTFORD. An original printed permit, 235 x 370mm, issued by the 'STAMP OFFICE' dated 1st August 1818 authorising the undersigned 'to employ and let out for hire, one Carriage drawn by four Horses, as a Public Stage Coach or Carriage, to carry passengers between London and Hertford being a distance of twenty three Miles...'. Peripheral faults and slight splitting to one fold, at upper left Inland Revenue embossed tax receipt 'TEN SHILLINGS'. Unusual. (Ref 141847).