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Auction: 21045 - The Alan Holyoake Grand Prix Collection of British and International Registered Mail
Lot: 112

(x) Great Britain
Miscellaneous
Charge For Error: 1841 (16 Nov.) printed letter from the Foreign Post Office to Fleet Street W.O. calculating an underpayment of 10d. on a letter sent to Paris and to be recovered from the writer; with London c.d.s. on the outside. Some light ageing. A most unusual item of philatelic history

The calculations written on this form suggest that the addition cost for registration in France had been left off

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

Sold for
£700

Starting price
£160