123311 1796 'ST JAMES'S - 2 -' RECEIVING HOUSE HAND STAMP LONDON PENNY POST (L419).

1796 'ST JAMES'S - 2 -' RECEIVING HOUSE HAND STAMP LONDON PENNY POST (L419). Fine letter from Lord Bulkeley at Stanhope Street to 'Edmund Chalmer Esqr. Soll. at Law, No. 5. Brick Court Middle Temple' dated March 13 1796 and charged '1'. On front good to fine strike of the rare large type 'ST JAMES'S/- 2 -' receiving house hand stamp in black (L419). On reverse fine strike London date stamp '4 o'Clock/11 MR/96 EVEN' in red with '11 MR' inverted. Also on reverse manuscript reference to the Curacy of Bodewryd (Anglesey) and the Diocese of Bangor (Caern), this reference relating to Queen Anne's Bounty. (Ref 123311).