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- Held At: GB 813 The Royal Mail Archive, Freeling House
- Finding Number: POST 150 sub-sub-series
- Level: Sub-sub-series
- Extent: 8 items
- Description: 1841 and 1855 1d pink and 2d blue embossed envelopes.
10d brown and 1/- green embossed stamps.
6d missing.
The first 1d pink and 2d blue embossed envelopes were introduced in 1841, to replace the unsuccessful Mulready designs.
Octagonal 10d and 1/- were printed on Dickinson silk thread paper, the 6d was printed on handmade paper, watermarked VR. - Language: English
- Legal Status: Public Record
- Access Status: Open
- Access Conditions: By appointment with the Curator of Philately, quoting Philatelic Number
- For more information contact: British Postal Museum and Archive
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