County of Dublin Regiment , 83rd Foot , Victorian Paper Crest

• County of Dublin Regiment , 83rd Foot.
• Victorian Paper Crest
• Size : 26mm × 15mm Approx

▪︎ History of Paper Crests
Following the demise of wax seals on correspondence after the introduction of postage stamps , these die stamped Crests were created to ' announce ' oneself on an envelope or headed paper. They were used by many organisations such as the military , hospitals , sports clubs , trades , royalty and titled families etc , On their correspondence.
It became a popular collecting hobby from Victorian times right through to the 1930s , and is especially interesting within the Military Field where many of the old Regiments no longer exist.
The Crests are generally about the size of a Postage stamp , and smaller

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