Lot 30532 – 1829 (July 15th) Folded entire sent from Garden Beach
Lot 30532 – 1829 (July 15th) Folded entire sent from Garden Beach
Ireland » Pre-Stamp Postal History » Unified Post Period – 1827-1839
Dear collector, we present you lot 30532 which you can now add to your Ireland » Pre-Stamp Postal History » Unified Post Period – 1827-1839 collection. If you have any questions about our stamps or letters, please feel free to contact us here.
Price realised
1’800 GBP
Estimate
500 – 700 GBP
Auction date
Wed 6 Dec 2023 at 13:00 (Europe/Zurich)
Description
1829 (July 15th) Folded entire sent from Garden Beach which is a suburb of Calcutta, India via Dublin to Chipping Norton, England, showing on reverse framed MISSENT TO / LONDON and the extremely rare IRISH / SHIP LETTER.
One of only five examples of this ship letter marking so far recorded and this being the unique fully struck example.
Note: Paying the letter rate “1/11”, 8d ship letter, 2d Dublin to Holyhead packet, 2d Menai and Conway Tolls, plus 11d inland to Chipping Norton.
Auction
Catalogue
Additional scans and images are being uploaded on a continuous basis.
Should you require further images and are unable to find the material you need online, please do not hesitate to contact us.
For further information regarding this lot, please contact us.