Foreign Section - prior to 1800
Bishop Marks on letter from overseas - always showing the month above the day.
click here for details	On the enlarged view, it shows the seal which was used to close the letter, it is a woman's head. This type of Bishop Mark was in use from 1760 to 1797, always applied in black ink. This letter was delivered to Sir Richard Heron in Grosvenor Square, London.
This is one of two letters from Paris to England, and the full details can be seen on this link to another page on our website click here to go to that page.
click here for details	This letter has a different Bishop mark, this for FE 9, and it also has an evening duty stamp for the next day,(which is not illustrated) as they had tried to deliver it as addressed to Sir Richard Heron Bart, Grosvenor Square, London, but he was in Brighton, so it was redirected to North Street. It was sent from Paris on 6th February, 1792, and arrived in London only 3 days later.
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