Auction 309-320 - Great Britain 1840–1841 Europe & Overseas - Day 5

1837, London District Post, John Dickinson, 1d. yellow-buff envelope essay, on Dickinson silk thread paper, engine-turned background, designed as a protection against forgery, fresh and fine. Huggins E1arnThese essays were submitted to the Commissioners of the Post Office in 1837, and later re-submitted for the 1839 Treasury Competition.