Author: 
    
            
                    John Robert Townshend, 3rd Viscount Sydney        
         
 
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                    Postmark 'FOOTSCRAY | DE 14 | 1840'.        
         
 
Sydney (1805-1890) became 1st Earl Sydney in 1874. The front part of an envelope, dimensions roughly 3 inches by 8 inches. In good condition, but with traces of previous mounting on otherwise-blank reverse. Circular crested seal in red wax, roughly 1/2 inch in diameter. Reads 'H M S. | The Secretary to the Board of Ordnance | Pall Mall | London | Sydney'.