1841 auction broadside

Description

1841 handbill (10”x15”) for an auction of wood (6000 larch and Scotch poles, also fir tops) at the Kirkby-super-Bane plantation (England). Sent through the mail with a “Penny Red” postage stamp from Boston October 5, 1841, received at Grantham October 6. Docket: “Kirkby Wood Sale / Hand-Bill for Auction on 1st Oct. 1841.” Kirkby is in Lincolnshire, the Fortescue Arms Inn still exists in Tattershall (good reviews on its food). James Babington and Henry Boulton were the area’s best-known printers, based on the High Street, Horncastle. [archival tape repairs to fold separation]