5 Shillings in Gold

jeff of pa

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I had to read this one Twice to make any sense of it

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I'm guessing the Grains of Gold were sealed in tissue paper that had to Dissolve :dontknow:

or pasted under the stamp or the Envelope Seal
 

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Blak bart

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That's a weird one jeff ??
 

Mudflap

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Looks like he was aiming for ti-tech (at that time) pen. Stylos were the first mass-produced fountain pens to achieve broad market success; the inventor responsible was Duncan MacKinnon, a Canadian druggist. MacKinnon's "ink pencil" was patented in Canada and Britain in 1875 and in the United States in 1876.
 

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