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Rebus addressed postcard

Sent by Bray, with the address written in the form of a rebus puzzle, on 21st July 1899.

The address can be translated as:

Miss A Tayler
The Hall
Shelly
near Layham
Raydon
Suffolk

Apart from the small red inspector's mark on the front, it appears that the Post Office rose to the challenge and processed it via the Hadleigh Sorting Office.

The message on the reverse side is written using a simply substitution code whereby the five vowels and letter "y" are replaced by the numbers 1-6.

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