Item 247 - Letter regarding new Life Policy Stamp plates

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GB RPSL PB-CORRESP-GEN-100008-247

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Letter regarding new Life Policy Stamp plates

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  • 18 Oct 1858 (Creation)

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2 pages

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Perkins, Bacon & Co. Ltd.

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Royal Philatelic Society London

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    Summary: A letter dated 18 October 1858 from Ormond Hill to the Inland Revenue at Somerset House, discussing the readiness of new Life Policy Stamp plates for 6 and 10 shilling duties. The letter requests that no more of the existing stamps be printed and asks for arrangements to avoid delays in preparing, registering, and producing the new stamps. The letter is signed by Burn & Co. and addressed to Messrs Perkins Bacon & Co.

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