Mulready letter sheet from Chard, Too Late in November 1840

The Mulready letter sheet below was sent from Chard to London at the end of November 1840.  The black wax seal on the back indicates that it came from J. Toms of Bridport Bank in Chard.  Unfortunately it was posted too late to catch the mail coach so was handstamped "Too Late" to indicate to the recipient why it had not arrived beforehand [imagine that happening today ?!]

The Chard "Too Late" handstamp has previously only been recorded used in black in 1841 and the "CHARD" double-arc datestamp was also only previously recorded used in black.