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• Feby 13th 1846 (Creation)

Royal Philatelic Society London

201 202 shall attend to the Stauble Boards direction future bills shall be made out in uformity with the Contract. that our. strict cou Tho. Heugh Eagle Hani Office Sin impressions of We are six, Your sible shoots P. BVP. expectfully 6g Fleet Street Feby 13th 1846. I have easefully examined the The Ace of Spades (which you yesterday which there wilts by & therewitha to return) and compared it both with a- sheet of beer taken from the real plate in its present state & also a finished Barda handed me Mess Hall Banckes and without known how or where obtained it, s'entertain no doubt you Offices that it was taken from the plate is your life At the Claude finnst glor my. cheet attention to this unimpressives and the proofe nd the Souble Com. Rook some parts of the patterns are do de I was wichined for different from each other, that a monitut to think it a Hongery, but all doubt vanished after seeing the present states of the plate. upon this ки - whe I trust I shall be excused for saying th bject, that is the course of lady Lakes Chusty years experience twever tenen being conturined in was of co Plate- after it had been so questions has, Vo staveg much worno as the Plate in observation applies nearly arly as tavia to severe other Gels. Notwithstanding the great account of business transacted under the name of "" Hunt & ики & yours" I see that the Plate has been in ush 4 seventeen years & eight mouths - and the tendency using worn out Plates, like this, is to encourage and facilitate forgeries, to mcrease the eliffie citly detection when forged, & this to cheat the revenues of of of de I the honest leard makers. When ever new Plates are made I would any jest that a differents letter seyfect the 20 or mark, should be attached to each of the bees upon the Plate, (as is done with the Portage labels) so that when a suspected one is to be at ouse be known, which examuied, it i may the 20 it purports to be. Josephe Suis Exque Hamps Flaxes. тро ― of Sam Sir, very respectfully humble Prots Your hipP RAP - Muss»»» Perkins, Bacon Wetch present their compliments to chess? house cas, chouteiro He for the stews 2$ 400 Plate for the Bank Notes I have the pleasure of enclosing the drawing for siebou for his approval. Muss. P. BM. beg to say, that the drawing will, when engraved, be just the right sixé for the Paper cent them. ug Fleet Street ид clearch 12th 1046. les. Perkins, Baevu tetets present their compliments to clr- Hardwidge fin reply to his note of yesterdays date beg to express their regrets at the long time his Plate has been in hand, which has been owning to very unexpected circumstances, they have now the pleasure of furnishing hiw, with a finished proof it as soon as it has been examined to see order. 69 Kleet Street tean harden if it agrees with the it's March 12th 1846. 201 202 shall attend to the Stauble Boards direction future bills shall be made out in uformity with the Contract. that our. strict cou Tho. Heugh Eagle Hani Office Sin impressions of We are six, Your sible shoots P. BVP. expectfully 6g Fleet Street Feby 13th 1846. I have easefully examined the The Ace of Spades (which you yesterday which there wilts by & therewitha to return) and compared it both with a- sheet of beer taken from the real plate in its present state & also a finished Barda handed me Mess Hall Banckes and without known how or where obtained it, s'entertain no doubt you Offices that it was taken from the plate is your life At the Claude finnst glor my. cheet attention to this unimpressives and the proofe nd the Souble Com. Rook some parts of the patterns are do de I was wichined for different from each other, that a monitut to think it a Hongery, but all doubt vanished after seeing the present states of the plate. upon this ки - whe I trust I shall be excused for saying th bject, that is the course of lady Lakes Chusty years experience twever tenen being conturined in was of co Plate- after it had been so questions has, Vo staveg much worno as the Plate in observation applies nearly arly as tavia to severe other Gels. Notwithstanding the great account of business transacted under the name of "" Hunt & ики & yours" I see that the Plate has been in ush 4 seventeen years & eight mouths - and the tendency using worn out Plates, like this, is to encourage and facilitate forgeries, to mcrease the eliffie citly detection when forged, & this to cheat the revenues of of of de I the honest leard makers. When ever new Plates are made I would any jest that a differents letter seyfect the 20 or mark, should be attached to each of the bees upon the Plate, (as is done with the Portage labels) so that when a suspected one is to be at ouse be known, which examuied, it i may the 20 it purports to be. Josephe Suis Exque Hamps Flaxes. тро ― of Sam Sir, very respectfully humble Prots Your hipP RAP - Muss»»» Perkins, Bacon Wetch present their compliments to chess? house cas, chouteiro He for the stews 2$ 400 Plate for the Bank Notes I have the pleasure of enclosing the drawing for siebou for his approval. Muss. P. BM. beg to say, that the drawing will, when engraved, be just the right sixé for the Paper cent them. ug Fleet Street ид clearch 12th 1046. les. Perkins, Baevu tetets present their compliments to clr- Hardwidge fin reply to his note of yesterdays date beg to express their regrets at the long time his Plate has been in hand, which has been owning to very unexpected circumstances, they have now the pleasure of furnishing hiw, with a finished proof it as soon as it has been examined to see order. 69 Kleet Street tean harden if it agrees with the it's March 12th 1846.

• English

Summary: Tho. Heugh Eagle reports on examining the Ace of Spades plate, noting differences in impressions and the worn state of the plate after seventeen years and eight months of use, warning about forgery risks.

From: Tho. Heugh Eagle

Date: Feby 13th 1846

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