Envelope
Category
Ephemera
Date
30 Nov 1942
Materials
paper, celophane, pencil, printing ink
Measurements
91 x 151 mm
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Mr Straw's House, Nottinghamshire
NT 748892.1
Summary
The envelope containing a set of six postcards of Worksop. Envelope - small white paper envelope of diamond construction with triangle top opening which has been stuck down with access via a slit. On the front printed in an orange brown in the top left corner a company logo. A half circle surrounding two lions mounting a globe above 'J . LYONS . & . CO . LTD'. Underneath this is printed 'CADBY HALL, LONDON, W.14'. In the centre next to this is a faded red circular postal mark 'PADDINGTON 30 NOV 1942 B' and to the right of this another of seven wavy lines broken in the middle by '2 1/2D PAID'. In the bottom half is a cellophane address window. At the top centre handwritten in pencil '6 Worksop views Bot. Buckle, Worksop 10 May 1947 4d each WS'. The six cards are; 'Priory Church, Worksop.' 'Lion Gates. Worksop' 'Canal Library & Museum, Worksop.' 'Canal Walk. Worksop.' 'Priory Gatehouse, Worksop.' 'Bridge Street, Worksop.'
Provenance
Straw collection bequeathed to The National Trust on the death in 1990 of William Straw.