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Auction: 21045 - The Alan Holyoake Grand Prix Collection of British and International Registered Mail
Lot: 7

(x) Great Britain
Registration Paid in Cash
1/- Registration Rate
Stampless Covers
1841 (15 Jan.) a delightful and highly important entire letter to Congleton marked "Registered Post Prepaid" with small "No 96" added by the postmaster, rated "1/2" and with a fine strike of Lombard Street Maltese Cross datestamp in red. Free from any filing creases and the letter indicates that this originally contained seven bank notes totalling £919.2.5d.


This magnificent cover is the earliest known example of a British Inland registered letter

provenance:
Vivien Sussex, March 2002


Pays 2d. postage for up to 1oz. plus the registration fee of 1/-

Subject to 5% tax on Hammer Price in addition to 20% VAT on Buyer’s Premium.

Estimate
£3,000 to £5,000

Starting price
£2400