Envelope
Category
Manuscripts and documents
Date
24 Apr 1881
Materials
Paper
Measurements
97 mm (Width); 123 mm (L)
Place of origin
High Wycombe
Order this imageCollection
Hughenden, Buckinghamshire
NT 428305.3
Summary
White card envelope edged in black, with handwritten address 'Horatio M Pym Esq/ 3 Fredericks Place/ Old Jewry/ EC'. Reverse with black border to diagonals and Disraeli crest (of two Bs back-to-back surrounded by belt inscribed 'Honi Soit Qui Mal Y Pense' and surmounted by coronet) in centre. Has been opened neatly across top edge. Stamp removed. Postmark 'High Wyc... A Ap24 81'. Part of red stamp on reverse.
Provenance
Property of the Right Hon. Benjamin Disraeli, to Horace Pym (probably after 1881), then by descent.
Marks and inscriptions
'Horatio M Pym Esq/ 3 Fredericks Place/ Old Jewry/ EC', 'High Wyc... A Ap24 81'