Lot 51315 – 1784 Folded entire with unframed claret Dublin “FREE / D”

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Stamp of Ireland » Pre-Stamp Postal History » Local Post Period - 1773-1840 1784 Folded entire with unframed claret Dublin "FREE / D"
Stamp of Ireland » Pre-Stamp Postal History » Local Post Period - 1773-1840 1784 Folded entire with unframed claret Dublin "FREE / D"
Stamp of Ireland » Pre-Stamp Postal History » Local Post Period - 1773-1840 1784 Folded entire with unframed claret Dublin "FREE / D"
Stamp of Ireland » Pre-Stamp Postal History » Local Post Period - 1773-1840 1784 Folded entire with unframed claret Dublin "FREE / D"

Lot 51315 – 1784 Folded entire with unframed claret Dublin “FREE / D”

Ireland » Pre-Stamp Postal History » Local Post Period – 1773-1840
Price realised
300 GBP
Estimate
300 – 400 GBP
Auction date
Sat 22 Jun 2024 at 10:30 (Europe/Zurich)
Description
1784 (May 7th) Folded entire from Dublin to London, franked Free and endorsed by “B Sheridan”, showing a circular London “FREE” and an unframed claret Dublin “FREE / D”, fine and very scarce. One of the latest of the 5 usages so far recorded.

Note: Richard Brinsley Butler Sheridan (30 October 1751 – 7 July 1816) was an Anglo-Irish playwright, writer and Whig politician who sat in the British House of Commons from 1780 to 1812.
Auction
Spring Auction Series – 2024
Catalogue
British Empire

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