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Auction: 21045 - The Alan Holyoake Grand Prix Collection of British and International Registered Mail
Lot: 149

(x) Europe
Mail from the United Kingdom
4d. Registration Fee to France
1859 (29 Jan.) entire letter to Paris bearing 1855-57 4d. rose-carmine pair tied by "75" numerals with neat Birmingham despatch c.d.s., marked "Registered" in red ink with good strikes of the London small crown/"registered", "PD" in circle an the standard-type London registered dated oval code "M", Calais transit and "chargé" in black, indistinct Paris arrival on the reverse. Clean and attractive

Pays 4d. postage plus 4d. registration

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

Sold for
£180

Starting price
£180