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One of my recent finds is a Victorian letter from Barclay's Bank. Alarge piece of thin bleu paper, preprinted with text, folded and sealed with wax. The way letters were send before the enveloppes were introduced or became a habit. I have not fully investigated the piece and had posted it a bit premature on a group on facebook. But I was lucky and a friend did some of my homework, an other one confirmed.
On the stamps : the 1d red is plate 175 and the 2d blue is plate 14.
Cancelled with a London Inland Circle Duplex type issued 1872.
(Thank you Ian Gibbons for the information, and John Kap for the confirmation)
I have not yet found information on the person signing the letter, nor on the receiver. Information on the history of the bank is on Google.
The person mentionned, Earl of Huntington, might be, seen the date :
Francis Power Plantagenet Hastings,14th Earl of Huntington who lived from 1841 until 1885.
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