Envelope
Category
Books
Date
Unknown
Materials
Paper
Collection
Mr Straw's House, Nottinghamshire
NT 3169751.3.2
Summary
Brown paper envelope containing the book 'Letters of John Holles, 1587-1637' by Sir John Holles, 1st Earl of Clare (1564-1637) (record 3169751.3). The envelope is taped on the back for extra support and is plain. On the front centre is a white stick on typed address label; 'William Straw, M.A.(Lond)., 7 Blyth Grove, Worksop.'. In the top right corner two postage stamps with a partial black circular postal stamp over the two 'SORTING OFFICE 1987'. The stamp on the left is orange with Queen Elizabeth II looking left and '10p' in the bottom left corner, the left stamp is the same as the orange but with a black background and '75p' in the corner.
Provenance
Straw collection bequeathed to The National Trust on the death in 1990 of William Straw.