Lot 11016 – 1830 (8.11) Folded mourning entire from Killucan to
Lot 11016 – 1830 (8.11) Folded mourning entire from Killucan to
Ireland » Pre-Stamp Postal History » Unified Post Period – 1827-1839
Estimate
200 – 300 GBP
Auction date
Wed 17 Jun 2026 at 10:00 (Europe/Zurich)
34d 5h 56m 19s before pre-bidding ends
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1830 (8.11) Folded mourning entire from Killucan to Andrew Nugent in Portaferry, with despatch KILLUCAN/32 in black on face, intercepted in transit at Dublin where treated as Registered, showing the distinctive circular dated REGISTER’D/8.NO.1830 in red (without dots or stars), paying the double 10d for 95 to 120 miles with the “1/8” rate, fine and scarce. Delcampe Category: Westport Ship Letter – 1820 (December 24) Entire letter from the Portuguese Colony of Madeira, to Edinburgh, sent by private vessel and landed on the west coast of Ireland and bearing on the face the extremely rare serpentine strike of the fancy scroll “SHIP LETTER” handstamp of Westport in black, with matching WESTPORT/133 2-line mileage handstamp, alongside, sent via the Dublin Ship Letter Office where large Ship Rtae handstamp “6” in red was applied. Backstamped Dublin tablet SHIP LETTER and octagonal General Post datestamp, plus Edinburgh arrival. Rated “1/7” (later amended to “2/9 1/2”) to include the Scots Additional Halfpenny Tax. A very rare cover, with only two recorded examples of the Westport Ship Letter handstamp known from this single landing of mail there in January 1821, the other being from Funchal to Cardiff. A major rarity of Irish Maritime Postal History.
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