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AN INTERESTING BIT OF POSTAL HISTORY
DASHWOOD
(Sir George Henry, c. 1790-1865, from 1849 5th Baronet)
Autograph Address Panel Signed for Free Postage on a folded sheet
to Mrs Norman at Deal, 9" x 7" unfolded, London, 5th July
Inside is a letter in a quite different hand to Mrs Norman, signed H. Crewe, offering his "best regards to your Daughter", dated 5th July, Loakes Hill, High Wycombe. It has been estimated that, in the 1830s, three quarters of all letters went free, 'franked' by a member of parliament or a peer, whether for their own use or as a kindness to a friend. The seal bears 'HC' and must be Crewe's not Dashwood's.
Unlike his father, a Tory who resisted the Reform Bill, George was a progressive Whig and Liberal, making their relationship somewhat cool.
Item Date:
1838
Stock No:
55856
£55
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