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• 29th June 1847 (Creation)

Royal Philatelic Society London

276 275 N The last Copy Shulkum vent with laſtley Jhelums Ansiver our purpose togugram from very well- Weare, Bentlemen, verzrespectfully Chayles Fotfic rez Consul Benerat Sweden Morway Gentlemens / Your humbledere 88809 Ho leg. Heef Street 29th June 18477 Received p the have carefully considered the Copies of the letters of the 17th Jade March las befamined the two 20). Notes aput by the Commi Banks & Syoruz, and think the simplest Cours istorevert to the letters first Othen the Nderation The Bank have been informed by a Printer in Sydney (whoisnotmanned) Rehad worked for ud many years in London that he beleived the Forgeries were thrown off fran a semmine Plate at attress in our Office, & by a sprinte employ, because the resemblance is soclas emplay to that of the real trote that a Printer might on himself with Paper #tatre impressions for himmen our premises. mour en ou our They also assume that a mante thename Michards has a Sons in our employm throust whom the forseries might have bundan in our Office. Auf the firth praund intelligention States that " Whens lume the wonder of the trade for thelast 20 years that nothing of the kind has se Aufore. Amay be well to famine there must contradict the statement at the first supposed facts as they arise. Inthefzetéplace un Cannot Printer had been many years in our employ your forthe best of all reatores the the falsehood alebeleive vist that noname beny we cannot expose me aur given ittobe, but we have examined our booters Thay be rolls as far back as 1833 deftine permitted would have some further and no person Other name of Richards has ever benz im aux employ either as a thunter or any other Capacity from tutday tothis. Next, a crear resemblance toons Protes will not do, for if the real plates were used the forgery must be the same not a near resem Blauel. Asame. it tortuiter provide hinsey with Sfice, weh it ſonges, print Spockret it without being discovered when he Hands side by side with dis surrounded by alarge Number Bother pruders Astries more al charada who have as is the case with alarge proportions of them been ju our employment 20 de 25 garest who know that if they prefferly conduct. themes, they are there for life. This printer also very modestly asserts that for Doyears all in the trade have under- Good more four busings than we do, allfrough he confesses Matit look I years, to prove their superior knowledge? The bruth is Mature frame freater securities than any one else in the Bade the prepare the stedt, Euprave Mint; the Plates, B funerally furnish the Paper also. They are kept when not in use locked up in abault in a room allog apart from the Printers, in charge Gapurson of the Britiſh integrity who has had that charge for Ryu, The number of thinters in each of their vows too large to allow of such fraud if any one withd is 277 to practice it. A hedger is kept BallBankihren Hellote to 8505, is printed uszon a Milliſahen V printed as regular as abßanters Ledger of lette Wills & the Notes so through seven Countings The mandreturen all his Paper either asgood or spoilt beforeby has any alt, and men who true hay the best wages the more work M Pfirsiste employ are sure of a permanenzy there is prejudicemment team the possibility offrand Othe disposition life it out of the question) todo wrong formall our experience we lever knew knough des fours foyed on issued to procure as much ногие but when we examine the letters furthere thejen of the impressions being taken from the States abour Nothblishyung becomes stiff morcenter All Un evidence in the letters goes are insome measure an our than that the forgeries Neath different from the real protes, The Bank have sent us two notes which they say are quit different from each other notte in Engraving. later marke but this is altogether inconsitung with the notion that they proceeded from Office. The letters describe one note to be with a Watermark perfectly similar to that belonging tothe Baute the other without any, this ajan is perfectly inconsistent with the idea of their bang printed at our Office. All the above me have wor before making any examination of the Protes our Minds it is perfectly conclusive that the pos never umanated from our place. Althougton Chad it been otherwise it would have bem verzumper for us to know it. The now after having The two notes beg to give bgto нема opinion мечу exam are has lower The uulibur any that we use, thas attamfud Pvery unlike confused watermarke notaball libre library. and the Note 8400 is printed upon a thinner but yeale Vaper somewhat resembly yours inthetottering & the bandytreevalermarte though event here ibis defective, buty young a flattern composed of coce fine taught hing outside the letters to within a quarter Banquet of the edge of the note where it belogues athiels white looking pattern; byhall thell wanting in theeffſhley. Andritte Gutre of the coming part of the Note in the space about between the M&R in Commercial abrauch of the bandyfze Pattern is altogether omitted. bother Then as to the engraving, of H-8503- Britaning Brittannia, the Lion, & the Auchor have lights "thades ease, elegance, I force in the real Hote but not in this, the figure of Commerce is bad, but so wear that there is little which Can be deciphered about it. The Beettive is not acourt busty a correct copy of the Original but the word foyed, has covered the Markes buy which to Compare it. The thump or small writing an eighth of aurich shorter in this trote then in the real one, it is somewhat smaller every way except in Paper, and the Oval with the wordt ONE being the only piece four Lathe workin the whole hoty is not at all like the spatterns withe real Note. The signatures are moré, Properly pair. province but we consider all but one of thing engraved on the state. The H 8503 are had in our as we never were such figures Office, Iwe know thatit 2:79 280 was not mumbered by my The marks in the Svi, comade a comma on the Note sent butnote of isa one inours indeed if we had time we co Could finis auf differences in every part of the Notes ph tolerable first sight resemblance The Other Note 440 8400 is in some respects beth and is from another palate Be the Same attored, but it has the main defects which mehance before mentioned. The doubt not they were both prepared from a printed real Note as a guide Deuspect they were producenty the Electrotype or Daguerreotype process. Miche for some time, watched thud fears these lights and have a plan secured by Patent We beleive will perfectly defeat them all, and only impose apiery small extra expense in preparing the Ubytes probably note tha one pound a thousand. The are e preparing a new Hotel Hackstreet 187 July 1847. In addition to our letter of the 20th utte weling to say that the two drawings therein byzont Engram naging proceeded with air our. rapidle a as as possible, but we cannot fine zou desplientes of the drawings totend to Sweden, because myrch time is consumed inpreparing thing they have to be done byour best reprancer who prepares all the work for others tosson with Rehwould cause a delay for 10 or 12 days in excenting Your Order so that it would prevent being ready at the time promised buchas soon as one plate is done you thall have proof to send & theother denomination they are ready Arguing for our approval I have orderit in chartes Tottie Roz Vaper to be made Fif the Bauke withdrawn Consul emeral 20000 notes, entirely in consequence Pure Norway Sweden Preplace them fy the new ones we thallment no charge for thun, except as above. His now evident that although all good work has a corday N Ayroynt of Security we must depend more ite the Lathe work than on any Dor 3 others with Regretting the appearance of this ш fizzerz on the Baubis, qu Acount the aue, Bullemens, Mest Smith Edder Co certain En zuurs, Honour our very respectfull Your humble Herber B. Use thould be glad tolearns the reamne of the Christer We who says he worked so many plans forces. Dear Sir, theare, fir We respectfully preplescrits Hobe Fleet Wreet. July 1817. We have carefully considered the expense of preparing the Paper you enuntioned lous yesterday viz? The Value of £500 of White Bank Note Haper If the best quality for Peso apen 1925 M ſt & £100. Se 10 n and by a very close calculation we will engage to supply then we the following

• English

Summary: The letter discusses the examination of forged letters and notes related to the trade, mentioning suspicions about forgery originating from a printing plate in their office and addressing the integrity of their printers and employees.

To: Gentlemen

From: Chayles Fotfic, Consul Benerat, Sweden Morway

Date: 29th June 1847

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