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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;afantiques, post: 128954, member: 25&quot;]It appears to be a pretty typical mid to late 19th C. pocket seal. They died out in the late 19th C with the introduction of envelopes to hold letters. Prior to the envelope the &#039;letter&#039; was a folded sheet of paper but as letters went into envelopes more an more, the seal became more or less redundant in everyday use. Naturally, some people used them for years after they were no longer de rigeur, and to this day some people use little red paper seals on the backs of envelopes.</p><p><br /></p><p>The stone is possibly onyx, and possibly dyed that colour.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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