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Auction: 21045 - The Alan Holyoake Grand Prix Collection of British and International Registered Mail
Lot: 161

(x) Europe
Austria Empire
Bohemia
1827 (17 Feb.) entire letter registered to Edinburgh from Steinschonaw with manuscript cross in red crayon, bearing two different "charge" handstamps and boxed "L.A."; London marking with "2/7" rate mark, a fine strike of the very rare "FO" in dotted circle (Willcocks fig.115) partly overstruck by London transit, F.P.O. c.d.s. (5.3) and boxed "½". A rare and important entire

Between 1826 and 1832 only five registered letters are known bearing the large "FO" handstamp. All passed through London and four addressed to Edinburgh. None received the Foreign Branch crown registered handstamp

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Sold for
£1,800

Starting price
£1800