cover 1601 entire addressed "To The Right Honourable Sr. Robt/Cecyll Knight Principall Secretary/To Her Maty./Hast Hast/Hast Post Hast/Hast Wth All/Speed &/Diligence/For Lyfe Lyfe/Lyfe/Tho. Ffane." and inscribed "for Her Mats. affayres" and showing nine endorsements stating times of arrival at "Dover this first Sept. at 7 at night", "Canterberye at X at nt.", "Sittingborn one morning", "Rochester the 2 day at 4 in the morninge", "Darfoarde at 7 in the morninge", "Rd. at London at 9 in the morninge second of September", "Hounslo at XI in the morning", "Maydenhed past 2 in the afternoone", "Readinge almost 5 in the afternoon". An extraordinarily rare and important item illustrated in "The British Post Office" by H. Robinson (1948) and "Penny Post Centenary" by E. Samuel Graveson (1940). Photo