Lot 50046 – 1840 (Nov 9) Entire from London to Chelmsford with 1840 1d black pl.6 MF, decorated inside with fascinating content

1840 (Nov 9) Entire from London to Chelmsford with 1840 1d black pl.6 MF, just about touched at top otherwise good margins tied by neat red MC, with elaborate ink drawings inside of Calais lighthouse, town hall and market place on one page and on another scenes of Guy Fawkes night, with the sender describing the burning of the Guy and the fireworks, later lamenting that the architects, mathematicians, artists, politicians, engineers, etc. worship their craft and not the “Almighty God”, typhoid fever and so on, a fascinating and beautiful account of life in 1840s Britain.