image

Previous Lot Next Lot

Auction: 21045 - The Alan Holyoake Grand Prix Collection of British and International Registered Mail
Lot: 31

(x) Great Britain
Registration Paid in Cash
1/- Registration Rate
1841 One Penny Red-Brown

1842 (19 Jan.) wrapper to Dublin marked "Registered Letter" with "1/-" in red ink, bearing 1d., OJ (touching to very large margins) just tied by black Maltese Cross with a good strike of the square Dublin Paid datestamp (20.1), the flap with Shinrone (County Offaly) despatch c.d.s. Part of one inside flap cut off. A clean cover, possibly the earliest Irish registered cover bearing 1841 1d.

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

Estimate
£300 to £500

Starting price
£240