Lot 65281 – 1804 (6.4) Folded entire from William Richardson, Procurator

1804 (6.4) Folded entire from William Richardson, Procurator Fiscal, from the Admiralty Court at the Poolbeg Street Office to “Captain Daclos/The Ship Louysa”, requesting his attendance at Court that evening to settle an outstanding wages bill or facing ‘….proceedings against your Vessel’, bearing a superb strike of the oval framed ADMIRALTY/IRELAND depicting a fouled anchor, handstamp in black applied on the backflap, an extremely early example pre-dating similar designs used in England, a rarity