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1816 FREE MAIL HEYTESBURY, WILTS TO NEWCASTLE ON TYNE WITH 'HEYTESBURY/118' MILEAGE MARK (WL289). Free front from Heytesbury to Newcastle on Tyne dated October 7 1816, with fine strike 'HEYTESBURY/118' mileage mark in blue (WL289), County Catalogue only records usage in blue 1820, this pre-dates by four years - overstruck fine strike 'CROWN/FREE' date stamp in red-orange 8 OC 1816. (Ref 131151).
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