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Auction: 21045 - The Alan Holyoake Grand Prix Collection of British and International Registered Mail
Lot: 138

(x) Europe
Mail from the United Kingdom
6d. Registration Fee
1860 (4 Dec.) wrapper to Amsterdam "via Ostende" bearing 1855-57 4d. rose, 6d. lilac and 1/- green tied by "447" numerals of Leeds; marked "Registered" in red ink with number "693" with good strikes of the Leeds despatch c.d.s., the London thin crowned "registered" (W&J 1133) and the standard-type London registered dated oval in red, code "AM", faint Amsterdam arrival on the reverse. A good cover and a very unusual franking to have this set on one envelope

Pays double the 8d. letter rate plus 6d. registration, making the 1/10d. rate

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

Sold for
£850

Starting price
£350