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- Held At: GB 813 The Royal Mail Archive, Freeling House
- Finding Number: POST 150/043
- PhilatelicNumber: QV/VR/06/03
- Date: 22 Mar 1841
- Level: File
- Extent: 1 sheet
- Description: 2d blue embossed envelope, registration sheet showing one impression, endorsed above and below stamp on front of sheet.
Marked 'Impressions from the first embossed die' in pencil at left-hand side of sheet.
Image note: Image taken from The R M Phillips Collection, included as an indication of design. .jpg)
- Language: English
- Legal Status: Public Record
- Access Status: Open
- Access Conditions: By appointment with the Curator of Philately, quoting Philatelic Number
- Reproduction Conditions: Photocopies/photographs/microfilm are supplied for private research only at the Postal Heritage Trust's discretion. Please note that material may be unsuitable for copying on conservation grounds, and that photographs cannot be photocopied in any circumstances. See our published policies for full details. Researchers who wish to publish material must seek copyright permission from the copyright owner.
- Additional Notes: Image added Sep
- Rules: Compiled in compliance with ISAD (G): General International Standard Archival Description - 2nd Edition (1999); UK Archival Thesaurus 2004; National Council on Archives Rules for the Construction of Personal, Place and Corporate Names, 1997; and PROCAT rules, 2000.
- For more information contact: British Postal Museum and Archive
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