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• 18th January 1850 (Creation)

Royal Philatelic Society London

463 or that it could have been in a Juvise the whileting masmuch as its destruction has been effected by fils for acid which is readily tested intuvo in first, by the discéloration of the writing math in varioles parts wherever the acid has tathen effect & secondly by touching the part discoloured with the toughe whiny the presence of and ioimundar the is us ascertained. These remarks do not involve the necessity of this destruction having been caused wantonly or for an improper purpose, for althoug we are not aware Jany process by which an availa impression could be taken by the agency of acid to : purpose of Forgery still if there be such a pract we should unagine it would require the whole If the Note to hlave the meid applied to it to accomplis this object, which is not the case with that before as by testing it with the torque we find several furts where it either has not been applied or has not taken feet Nothers where the writing has been only partic discoloured. The experiment, therefore of intended for any fraudulent purpose we consider an entire failur quime & Alain by comparing the Mote with one that har with a Ven istned, it will be found that (if any) sufficient int has not been removed for any sinister purpose from the surface of the Note as to warrant a supposition that such was the intention of the parties, we should be inclined to think that those notes have accidentally Jobacid on them I have thus been destroyed the howe were reluctant to tell how the occurrence lodr place for had any fraudulent experiment been successful "we deem it most unlikely that the parties would present the genuine notes that had been tampera with for payment as they would in all probability be the means. means of leading to the detection of the offenders a Patien We have herewith the pleasure t returning the damaged Note & ofeneloding of an Je to the present time as requested, Premang. Scullemen, respectfully Your bed Lezoto Mestre Micolle de M Croit, Bertram Malzard & Co Jersey Gentleman, Note9 Reef Street 18th Jaur 1850. We by to acknowledge receipt of Your favor So yesterday's date & we have applied obedience to its direction to mess dubbock tes for the amount of our a/c £20.16.3 for which tender our thanks. ше We have for some time been aware that forgers have been busy, imitating Notes in various parts, but at the same time we are happy to observe that those four Customers have entirely escaped_ it is naturally their pediey to silect those easiest finitation Vasajeneral rule ours are extremely difficult in some case quite deaure from Forgery. On your Notes the work fits kind is of the best possible description, but is certainly not Seawel, we would therefore suggest that you should either have borders be added to your present brote or have entirely new ones comprizus with the worle already on them complicated work of other character thereby rendering them secure or retaining them their present state with the addition of avery clabrate 465 beautiful back which we feel quite confident will dezy imitation. If yan wil therefore hand you Kindness to say in which way you would with le desired security to be effected we will immediately on receiving four instructions send docere a drawing fnew Note or specimen of presentarote as allend or Specimens backy, and lastly you have a bacts in addition to the New or altered hote a in you could Scoure if you preferred it. Whefuel auch inclined to things that the altered note with the back would be the prderable mode of securing you from Forgery, best shall be happy to carry out your any way you may think proper- your views in We are, Southmn, respectfully your of y, Sepoto Mepps J. W. Matthews & Co Hereford. Gentlemen, Jio by Hack Dreek De Fibruary 1850 My have this eyeing the pleasure Pforwarding & Railway a Parcel divided as uden 4/6 Cour Containing 24 3 Not with the rate for Bill Hamps 206 206. 200 agreeably to your faver of the 30th Geltokine reply tothes latter part of which we by today that the appearance of the 2.25 Notes A your bank fully justify remarks and we are very much mortified that thing Mould have so worn. Ou referring to our letters al Mytime they were printed we find yondent us a Z20. Pork bill as a sample of which you approvd If and our Mr. Bacon selected a paper which the Able imagined would nearly reable if and course naturally expected lowear well. His with very Great repet, westate so you that ze (Mor Bacon) has been confined to his House Here very severe illus our our MrPolch who new nearly treat Mouths and an overzette signs this fetter begs toffer his opinion, viz that the Man who sucked the Notes in question has pery -mitted his paper to get too wet & consequently the Sijl on the surface has been disturbed while wound produce the flunky feel Zappearance, which these notes have – The Paper of the Lieffield Negle forwarded by you is considerably thicker than His well sized. We have enclosed, For your inspection 5. Samples of Paper No331. 35. 36. 377834 about the Stoutung's yaoill have the kindnes Seems to require - Should you approve of them To send us the Ato of that you select, we will have, Some inquidiality made and will take good care that our instructions as to its strugth & durability should be properly attended to. In conclusion we wouldbestoffer to resize any of the Motes that may not have been iflyzed, which would certainly greatly improve them and further if you are of opinion that the unfortunate occurrence calls for an allowance frome us, we should most cheerfully comply with your withes my that particular also very respectfully Myth Taylor & Lloyd's Birminghan You

• English

Summary: The letter discusses the examination of a damaged note suspected of forgery, concluding that the damage was likely accidental and not fraudulent. It acknowledges receipt of a previous communication and suggests security improvements to prevent forgery.

To: Mestre Micolle de M Croit, Bertram Malzard & Co, Jersey

From: Myth Taylor & Lloyd's, Birmingham

Date: 18th January 1850

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