Lot 11119 – Illegal Lottery 1927 (30.5) Envelope from England to Clontarf, Dublin, Irish Free State, showing unusual and scarce linear violet ILLEGAL LOTTERY hs, cover with bilingual OFFICIALLY SEALED/IN THE/POST OFFICE tape, wit

1927 (30.5) Envelope from England to Clontarf, Dublin, Irish Free State, showing unusual and scarce linear violet ILLEGAL LOTTERY hs, cover with bilingual OFFICIALLY SEALED/IN THE/POST OFFICE tape, with typed note accompanying stating “The attached letter was opened by direction of the Minister for Justice as it related to an illegal lottery. Remittance (£ – 2.0) enclosed is returned herewith.”, plus circular datestamp RETURNED LETTERBRANCH/DUBLIN/30.MY.27 alongside, a scarce unusual usage.