Envelope
Category
Ephemera
Date
Unknown
Materials
Paper and wax
Measurements
118 mm (Height); 184 mm (L)
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Hughenden, Buckinghamshire
NT 428305.2.2
Summary
Envelope with thick black border, which contained an admission ticket to Disraeli's funeral at Hughenden Church (see HUG/F/132bi). Address written on front 'H M Pym Esq/ 3 Fredericks Place/ Old Jewry/ EC'. Postmarked (partly missing, though 'London' is legible). Reverse with postmark in red ink 'London EC/ AM/ MY 12/ 81'. Black wax seal impressed with mark of a stag. Envelope has been opened across top with section missing from front.
Provenance
Property of the Right Hon. Benjamin Disraeli, to Horace Pym (probably after 1881), then by descent.
Marks and inscriptions
'H M Pym Esq/ 3 Fredericks Place/ Old Jewry/ EC', 'London EC/ AM/ MY 12/ 81'