A 5-pence British postage stamp issued in 1887 for Queen Victoria’s Jubilee and used until the end of the century (Wikimedia Commons). George Moore placed stamps like this on his letters from Sussex in the 1880s and London in the 1890s. There were similar designs and denominations for different letter weights, sizes and distances of delivery. Most of his letters were handwritten on one sheet folded in half to form four pages; or typewritten on one sheet to form two pages front and back. His letters survive mostly without envelopes.
More than 6,000 handwritten, typed and printed letters of George Moore are extant. Transcriptions are grouped by decade and listed chronologically.
Letters 1890s
Letters 1899
Letters 1900s
Letters 1910s
Letters 1920s
Letters 1930s
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