A Favourite Little Cover

This is one of my favourites.

Posted in Epsom, Surrey Oct 14 1846, addressed to Gray's Inn, London. Re-directed to Staines, Middlesex, with the addition of an imperf 1d red for the additional postage, with an illegible London postmark. Subsequently re-directed to Chertsey, Surrey.

The backstamps are something to behold. All of this takes place on a cover measuring 4" x 2½"

What's really amazing is that someone had the decently to open that cover carefully.

Any chance of a close up of the London cancel?
If it ends in 1, which it seems to do,
it will be one of only 4.

It looks like an 18 or an 81. This is at 1200dpi. I can't pick it.

Thanks. I do beg your pardon, the obliterator format is not
traceable from my records, it is the style "used in the London Office for letters passing by the general post"
The one I originally referred to was within the London District
and was a circle within the bars, that was my error.
The barred 280 is certainly Epsom, but the diamond seems to
have suffered a glancing blow and , yes, is hard to decipher
and whether it is a leading or trailing "1".

I must say that is an extraordinary beautiful wax seal
in really good nick, overall a majestic cover, I can understand your favouritism.

The more I have looked at this strike, the more I believe
the number to be 91
I don't have at the moment, a list of London postmarks
passing by the general post.
It would be nice to find that *.pdf

91 is Cricklewood, but that number wasn't allocated until 1892

Here is another little cover from our collection.

Measuring five and a half inches by two and a quarter it was posted in
Bakewell, Derbyshire, England in 1851 to Paris.

The contents were one single sheet from his sister and one double from his
wife (both on very thin paper) both of which also had some 'crossed' writing
on them.

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Eunice and Ron

jubilee
Thank you for the scan of the lovely cover.
of particular interest are the cancels.
All around my birthplace ,Sutton,Surrey.
David

My Mum was from Woking, so a small world it is ;-)

And I live in Camberley!

Now that's close!

I have sent this link to my other chat line The "Mulready group"
These members will shed some light on the other back cancels
David

Sounds like an interesting group David. Thanks for helping.