Sunday 23 January 2022

Red Frome Maltese Cross, July 1840

The cover below, from Frome to Stourton in July 1840, has a red maltese cross.  Thc colour of the cancels were changed to black in January 1841 at the same time that the penny red was issued.

As shown above, the cover is a receipt from John & Richard Mees, Haberdashers and Lacemen.


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