Letter and Cover

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Toronto's First Post Office

Obverse

Obverse

Name/Title

Letter and Cover

Entry/Object ID

984.1.13

Tags

Communication Artifacts

Scope and Content

Light grey paper; red wafer seal; watermark "SE & CO"; dated: Marswood P Nov. 28, 1836; addressed to Messrs. Kinderley Dutlan and Kinderley Top Lincolnshire… Sq."; re: could have been an invitation to a meeting, most of letter is not decipherable; British postmarks: 1. black, cannot be deciphered, 2. square with pinched-in sides, orange-red, "3 M8 3 AU 30 1836", 3. two other orange-red smudge marks, could be a stamp or just smudge marks or rubbed off from other handstamp.

Dimensions

Height

39.7 cm

Width

24.5 cm

Update Date

September 3, 2020