cover 1841 1d., unplated, SH, margins all round, on entire letter to London dated 2 July 1843, tied by fine light strike of the black thin-lined Cross of Swinford (Ireland) with corresponding despatch backstamp; the letter content, apparently addressed to a solicitor, includes an appeal to forward a proposal of marriage to a wealthy woman named Miss Burdett Coutts "I hope the charming Miss Coutts will bear me in mind as I wish and hope soon to get married"