143901 1867 ADVERTISING ENVELOPE LONDON TO WAKEFIELD 1d PL.80 (SG43), ENVELOPE ADVERTISING A SATIRICAL PLAY ABOUT SOCIAL CONDITIONS.

1867 ADVERTISING ENVELOPE LONDON TO WAKEFIELD 1d PL.80 (SG43), ENVELOPE ADVERTISING A SATIRICAL PLAY ABOUT SOCIAL CONDITIONS. Pale yelllow envelope, peripheral faults London to 'Goodwyn Barnby, Westgate Parsonage, Wakefield, Yorkshire' fine 1d pl.80 (SG43) lettered ME tied London WC12 duplex JA 8 67. Imprint at top 'Summons under the hand of John Bull Fairplay, Esq., Stipendiary Magistrate, TO ATTEND THE TRIAL of John Workman at the Suit of Lord Coronet, R.Vernilow Low, Richard Mainforce, and others'. The reference being to a satirical play where John Workman, a labourer is charged that he wickedly and wilfully neglected to provide education for his family and that he is ignorant, drunken and corrupt. Unusual. (Ref 143901).