Sunday 17 April 2022

Schweppes Ltd, Bristol commercial envelope used in 1897

The envelope below is from Schweppes Ltd., Bristol to Cirencester in November 1897 and has a "BRISTOL / 9" squared circle cancel.

Schweppes received a Royal Warrant from Queen Victoria in 1837 and the envelope is marked "Purveyors to H.I.M. the Queen and H.R.H. the Prince of Wales" [H.I.M. - Her Imperial Majesty].

The envelope has a backstamp from Swindon Station, possibly indicative of a mis-sort.


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