Type 23

Ellington & Ridley were Bedding and Fringe Manufacturers who traded from:

    89 Watling Street,
    London E. C.

They also had premises at:

    13 Friday Street
    Cheapside
    London E.C.

and a “manufactory” at:

    Somerset Buildings
    Old Kent Road
    London S.E.

A Post Office Commercial Directory of 1865 lists them as:

“steam feather purifiers, bedding and fringe manufacturers, cloths, velvets, damasks and other carpets”.

186?. Unofficial underprint type 23 (over the gum) in black.

a) Vertical underprint, reading downwards

PP65 1d lake-red (SG 43 or G1)
Plate 119