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1843 MAIL CHELTENHAM, GLOS TO STRATFORD, ESSEX 1d (SG8) ON REVERSE FINE RELIGIOUS WAFER SEAL. Fine written order for various chemical goods to be sent by 'p Wells Waggon' from Cheltenham to 'Mefsrs Howard Jewell Gibson and Co, Chemists, Stratford, Essex' dated March 7 1843 with good 1d (SG8) lettered FC, very close but just clear at upper right to good margins, tied black Maltese cross. On reverse good religious wafer seal, small corner fault in black on yellow with text reading 'Awake thou that sleepest, and arise from the dead, and christ shall give thee light.' Also on reverse 'CHELTENHAM' date stamp MR 8 1843. (Ref 145359).