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Auction: 21045 - The Alan Holyoake Grand Prix Collection of British and International Registered Mail
Lot: 154

(x) Europe
Mail from the United Kingdom
3d. Registration Fee
1872 (19 July) blue wrapper to Bordeaux, marked "Registered" in black ink with pair of 1867-80 3d. rose plate 7 well tied by the "R/29" barred oval with Eastcheap despatch c.d.s. and light strikes of the standard-type London registered dated oval and "PD" in oval in red, with French "chargé" in black, Calais transit, Bordeaux arrival (21.7) and the boxed charge handstamp with manuscript insertion. Horizontal filing fold

The postage rate to France was reduced from 4d. to 3d. on 1st July 1970; the registration was reduced accordingly

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

Sold for
£90

Starting price
£90