Folio sheet of paper folded in half to form four quarto pages, with correspondence on 1-3 and address leaf on page 4, then folded in thirds twice more and sealed for posting.
Address leaf bearing the following postmarks: 1) black circular mileage stamp reading READING
. 2) Red double circle Evening Duty stamp reading B 1 NO 1 1821. 3) Sepia-inked oval Delivery stamp reading 10 o'Clock * NO * 1 * 1821 F.NnA large 7 denoting the fee for a single-sheet letter has been written in black ink by the postal service across the address leaf.
A portion of page 3 has been torn away under the seal.
Red wax seal, only partially visible in image 31Oct1821BRHaydon4a.JPG from 2007
Reproduced by courtesy of the Reading Central Library.
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