cover 1841 (25 Sept.) entire letter to Beverley, showing very fine strike of the rare red framed "PAID AT/HOWDEN" at top-left and corresponding despatch backstamp in black, the interior with printed "FORM OF RETURN" requiring "A true list of all Lunatics and dangerous Idiots within the Parish or Precinct of Blacktoft"; vertical filing fold split and strengthened, still most attractive