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Auction: 21045 - The Alan Holyoake Grand Prix Collection of British and International Registered Mail
Lot: 78

(x) Great Britain
Registration Paid in Stamps
Distinctive Crown Registered Handstamps
Liverpool

1857 (18 July) envelope to London bearing 1855-57 6d. lilac (wing margin) with 1d. Stars on white paper tied by fine strikes of the scarce Liverpool Registered Spoon, numbered "244" with superb strikes of the distinctive Liverpool crown/"registered" in red and the first type London open oval "registered/g.p.o." code "M" (20.7); a tiny fragment of the reverse missing (from wax seal?). A clean and delightful cover

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Sold for
£320

Starting price
£320