1850 ILLUSTRATED LETTER SOUTHSEA LYDIA CAMPBELL to BOCKING BRAINTREE ESSEX

Entire Lettersheet with fine illustration of Southsea, with town + beach + people bathing + troops, with entire long letter dated 25th May 1850 from Lydia Campbell, to Miss Callington, Bocking, Braintree, Essex; Queen Victoria 1d Red imperf M-H franking, 625 numeral cancel of Portsmouth; town datestamps Southsea in black + Portsmouth + Braintree in blue + 25 MY 1850 circular in vermilion.  Some soiling and ageing.