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CIRCA 1850 CHARLES GILPIN 'OCEAN PENNY POSTAGE' ORIGINAL ENVELOPE, ADDRESSED BUT UNUSED. A good unused example circa 1850 Charles Gilpin 'OCEAN PENNY POSTAGE' original envelope in black on white wove paper with image of a sailing ship upon one of the sails is written 'OCEAN PENNY POSTAGE' with inscription reading 'THE WORLD AWAITS GREAT BRITAIN'S GREATEST GIFT AN OCEAN PENNY POSTAGE TO MAKE HOME EVERYWHERE AND ALL NATIONS NEIGHBOURS'. At lower left inscribed 'HENRY ANELAY'and on reverse imprint 'London: CHARLES GILPIN, 5 Bishopsgate Street Without.' Slight creasing and addressed to ' B B Cabbell Esq MP, 1 Brick Court, Temple' but unposted. Cabbell was a Conservative Party MP representating St. Albans and Boston. (Ref 143841).
