1825 LETTER TO PERKINS & HEATH REGARDING PLATES FOR £1 NOTE ON THE PLYMOUTH BANK
by Elford, Tingcombe & Clark
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- Seller
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Gahanna, Ohio, United States
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About This Item
Written on two sides of a 25 by 20 cm sheet of an unruled double-sheet self-mailer. Folded for mailing; remnant of wax seal, with minor loss from opening. Hand-rated, with strong black and weak red postmarks. Very good. An interesting letter discussing changes to be made to plates engraved by the Perkins firm for use by the Plymouth Bank, specifically discussing counterfeiting and the use of engraving technology to thwart it: "Enclosed we return the pattern of our £1 note, with which we are well pleased, but we accept your offer of guaranteeing us from forgery upon condition of your further decorating the plate..." This sort of correspondence is rarely seen. Ex Heather Hardin-Hudson Library.
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Details
- Bookseller
- Kolbe & Fanning (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 6118
- Title
- 1825 LETTER TO PERKINS & HEATH REGARDING PLATES FOR £1 NOTE ON THE PLYMOUTH BANK
- Author
- Elford, Tingcombe & Clark
- Book Condition
- Used
- Quantity Available
- 1
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About the Seller
Kolbe & Fanning
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Gahanna, Ohio
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- Plate
- Full page illustration or photograph. Plates are printed separately from the text of the book, and bound in at production. I.e.,...