cover 1587 (20 February) entire letter from Baron Ferdinand von Tassis (later to become Imperial Postmaster General in Venice) to Filippo Corsini in London, the letter content headed "Donchurch" (Dymchurch) appeals for help from Corsini in relation to problems the sender was having with acquiring a passport, the address panel inscribed (in a different hand from that of the sender) "At London in Grasse Strete, Harde by the Conduyt, in Haste"; fine and most interesting. Photo