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• 17th June 1844 (Creation)

Royal Philatelic Society London

95 Geuthen, No 69 Fleet Street 17th June 1844. very The price we have charged for the 20 Letter Sheet Invoices which we have already done for yo is 4/. per hundred Paper Printing and which is reasonable – but if you order a large quantity we will put there at 3/10 per 100 Letter Sheets using best to or 3/6 Emade pape - do using good machine made Paper. - Half Sheets of Post would be 2/6 p. 100 & Octavo included. до would be 2/2. Eve are, Paper Gentlemen, expectfully Your humble Servants Mess : C. Vrv. Pontifex & P.loood Gentlemen. Нешен, London 25 June 1844. We have now the pleasure of delivering the 100 Reams of Paper asordered by you being double thin of your sample or 19 2 Suches by 29 Inches zweighingt to the ream or equal to Us to the ream had it been the sizest 7th sample handed us by you. We understand from the comm -nications which have passed between us, that the Papery wanted for an object similar to that of the Penny Postage in the Country, and as we are intrusted by Government with the p paration of all the Adhesive Samps weperfectly understand requirements necessary in a Vaper for such an object. The man ones we take to be. 10th (Shength sufficient to bear the coetting pricking, an object. necessary to such an. 96 2nd A quality capable of taking a good impreſsion swhatever work is to be printed upon it and 3rd Asthin a substance as can be, consistent with the above name qualities and which shall not shew the gun through the Paper or deface the Printing. to sheet. The sample you gave us weight 6 tbs or 12th the double d while that now Supplied by us weighs 14 Wb this difference we found necessary, not only on Account of the very great size of the cheet which is expernely difficult to make of such avery thin texture but because after many repeated experiments we found that a thumer paper would shew the gum through and thus deface the impression We have alle found the greatest difficulty in highly rolling so large thin alper & as we have doubts whether for the purpose required this rolling is necepary we have sent 50 Reams highly rolled & 50, not very highly rolls as the high rolling adds 3/- per ream to the price. After much reflection we have though is best to send one half one way zone half thaother, rijuhen tried for the purpose intended the high rolling is useful it can in any future Anders beadhered to Bif not abandoned. Al your suggestion we have prepse -ed and now hand you, - impressions printed & quumed with the same materials & in the same way in which the Adhesive Stamps for For me are done. There is one in each Case, upon the Vaper which has teen highly rolled, & marked rolled upon it, and another upon Paper ordinarily rolled I marked, not rolled upon its we also hand one each to yourselves. Although we found ad- vantage in favour of high rolling in the trial we madenpen sample cheeks. Now that the paper is actually made, wesain the checks sent but little difference between the Commont the high rolling. But both samples hew that they all print well, and hear the gumming well also. our. prepared One remark to make, viz. is That is for obvious reasons we could not send you impresions from the Plates used for our Governments we have had to use an old Plate which has been nearly worn out. & which when new was engraved for pruiting with black Oil Dink. & not fit 95 Geuthen, No 69 Fleet Street 17th June 1844. very The price we have charged for the 20 Letter Sheet Invoices which we have already done for yo is 4/. per hundred Paper Printing and which is reasonable – but if you order a large quantity we will put there at 3/10 per 100 Letter Sheets using best to or 3/6 Emade pape - do using good machine made Paper. - Half Sheets of Post would be 2/6 p. 100 & Octavo included. до would be 2/2. Eve are, Paper Gentlemen, expectfully Your humble Servants Mess : C. Vrv. Pontifex & P.loood Gentlemen. Нешен, London 25 June 1844. We have now the pleasure of delivering the 100 Reams of Paper asordered by you being double thin of your sample or 19 2 Suches by 29 Inches zweighingt to the ream or equal to Us to the ream had it been the sizest 7th sample handed us by you. We understand from the comm -nications which have passed between us, that the Papery wanted for an object similar to that of the Penny Postage in the Country, and as we are intrusted by Government with the p paration of all the Adhesive Samps weperfectly understand requirements necessary in a Vaper for such an object. The man ones we take to be. 10th (Shength sufficient to bear the coetting pricking, an object. necessary to such an. 96 2nd A quality capable of taking a good impreſsion swhatever work is to be printed upon it and 3rd Asthin a substance as can be, consistent with the above name qualities and which shall not shew the gun through the Paper or deface the Printing. to sheet. The sample you gave us weight 6 tbs or 12th the double d while that now Supplied by us weighs 14 Wb this difference we found necessary, not only on Account of the very great size of the cheet which is expernely difficult to make of such avery thin texture but because after many repeated experiments we found that a thumer paper would shew the gum through and thus deface the impression We have alle found the greatest difficulty in highly rolling so large thin alper & as we have doubts whether for the purpose required this rolling is necepary we have sent 50 Reams highly rolled & 50, not very highly rolls as the high rolling adds 3/- per ream to the price. After much reflection we have though is best to send one half one way zone half thaother, rijuhen tried for the purpose intended the high rolling is useful it can in any future Anders beadhered to Bif not abandoned. Al your suggestion we have prepse -ed and now hand you, - impressions printed & quumed with the same materials & in the same way in which the Adhesive Stamps for For me are done. There is one in each Case, upon the Vaper which has teen highly rolled, & marked rolled upon it, and another upon Paper ordinarily rolled I marked, not rolled upon its we also hand one each to yourselves. Although we found ad- vantage in favour of high rolling in the trial we madenpen sample cheeks. Now that the paper is actually made, wesain the checks sent but little difference between the Commont the high rolling. But both samples hew that they all print well, and hear the gumming well also. our. prepared One remark to make, viz. is That is for obvious reasons we could not send you impresions from the Plates used for our Governments we have had to use an old Plate which has been nearly worn out. & which when new was engraved for pruiting with black Oil Dink. & not fit 97 fit for vegetable Ink which requires stronger Engraving, is that employed by us for Govt so as to prevent tampa with the obliterating Statup impressed upon the letter at the Post Office as asti defore the Stamp The printing is so therefore necessarily not so shong as in other Cascoiture The Gum we use is composed of mine tenths of stator Starch well built and one Tenth of Gum Trabic boite tou proper consistence with water, & when used, should be place in a repel moderately heated to as to liquify it laid on to the back of the Paper or Stanch with a soft brun & dried in the air, as fire will cockle the sheets. The Ink should be in the following proportion. vir 12 parts of Venetian Red 16 10 8 2 4 / Rose Puck Prussiate of Potash Carbonate of Sada Cochineal Red Lead Magnesin 53 Parks supposing this to be 5 Klip it should be grow mucilago haunte composed of the up with 2012 ½ gallons of and consed bed following a raison 12 Gallons of Burnt Weak Linseed Oil- 1 St of soft soap Pent of Sht of Serpentine 1/2 a b of Beeswax. 4 thin Should further Orders be given Haper of a smaller size will answer it be casier made klep in price, as the waste in these very large check very great. We believe we have now fully noticed everything useful to be known upon the subject & are Myrd T. &W. King. Signed Gentlemen very respectfully Your humble Servants. P. Bol Dear Sir, 98 Nobe Feet Sheet MM 18141 Your offer of the We test has been Exceived, proposing to supply us with a four horse high pressure Beam Engine Mabular Boiler Iphedem corner erected upon our Premises in Water Lane Complete, without any extras (undeß Mr Harling Mould say the foundation is defecture Ithus causes you more expense than there is at present reasonto anticipate Other such sum as he considers fair lobe allowed) for the Sunn R Iwo Hundred Vounds; and the whole tobe ready for work in Five weekes from this day . the hereby accept your Senter, but as time, is of the utmost importance tons, it must be with the provise, that if all is not com plete in five meets three days from this date you shall forfeit ten shillings fur day from that period, for each Devery day you delay in We are, Dear Sir, "Muly yours M.M. Perkins Esz. V Francis Sheet Regent Square

• English

Summary: Geuthen informs the recipients about the pricing for 20 Letter Sheet Invoices, detailing costs per hundred sheets and options for different paper qualities.

To: Messrs C. Vrv. Pontifex & P.loood

From: Geuthen

Date: 17th June 1844

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