A 1799 Frank (original) (raw)

A 1799 Frank

Top: This wrapper has manuscript "London August sixteenth 1799" across the top.

Bottom: This design consists of 'FREE' above a circle with the date and two digit year inside the circle underneath a crown..

Related Material

• The Franking system
• Early-nineteenth-century Postal Rates

Image and text by Ron Shanahan

Eunice and Ron Shanahan have shared with readers of the Victorian Web this material from their website, Letters from the Past.