139524 1840 UNIFORM FOURPENNY POST, UNPAID MAIL FROM HUDDERSFIELD TO RIPPONDEN ON JANUARY 9TH, LAST DAY OF UNIFORM FOURPENNY POST.

1840 UNIFORM FOURPENNY POST, UNPAID MAIL FROM HUDDERSFIELD TO RIPPONDEN ON JANUARY 9TH, LAST DAY OF UNIFORM FOURPENNY POST. Fine letter from Huddersfield dated January 9th 1840, last day of the Uniform Fourpenny Post, sent unpaid to a solicitor in Ripponden and charged '2' as local 1d rate posted unpaid. On reverse 'HUDDERSFIELD' date stamp JA 9 1840. Under the Uniform Fourpenny Post if a cheaper local post was already in existence then this was used instead of the Fourpenny Post, this cover illustrates this rate. (Ref 139524).