cover Southgate: No. 5 (the "Pickwick" or "Dickens" envelope), a very rare hand-coloured example (unrecorded by Bodily, Jarvis & Hahn), addressed to Kerton in Lydney, Lincolnshire and showing "EXETER" and London 'tombstone' Paid datestamps of August 1840, manuscript ink "1"; minor perimeter faults and flap with small tear but still fine and most attractive. Photo

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cover Southgate: No. 5 (the "Pickwick" or "Dickens" envelope), a very rare hand-coloured example (unrecorded by Bodily, Jarvis & Hahn), addressed to Kerton in Lydney, Lincolnshire and showing "EXETER" and London 'tombstone' Paid datestamps of August 1840, manuscript ink "1"; minor perimeter faults and flap with small tear but still fine and most attractive. Photo