Lot 60046 – 1842 (22 Dec) Registered letter receipt no.54 for a letter to London bearing a Halifax cds and a Halifax crown bag seal

1842 (22 Dec) Registered letter receipt no.54 for a letter to London bearing a Halifax cds and a Halifax crown bag seal struck in black signed by the postmaster William Craven, very fine and an early date for the type 2 receipt (note that there are several variations of the type 2 receipt which differs from type 1 in that the “Postmaster, or Letter Receiver’s Signature” is in one line), ex Alan Holyoake RDP FRPSL.