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Auction: 21045 - The Alan Holyoake Grand Prix Collection of British and International Registered Mail
Lot: 126

(x) Europe
Mail from the United Kingdom
6d. Registration Fee
1855 (23 Oct.) envelope to Baden "via Ostende" bearing 1847-54 Embossed 1/- green, die 2 (good margins, just cut into at left), 6d. dull lilac (margins almost touching to very large) with 1855-57 4d. carmine on blued paper (Small Garter) tied by "890" numerals with the London wide crown/"registered", "P" in oval, "england per aachen" transit and boxed "Recomandirt" in red; the reverse with Windsor despatch; some minor soiling

Pays 1/4d. double rate (up to 1oz.) plus 6d. registration. This does not include the expected 3d. for Prussian registration but there are other covers to German States via Belgium which are also recorded without the Prussian registration

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

Estimate
£2,000 to £2,500

Starting price
£1800