Lot 60600 – 1793 (29.9) Folded letter sheet from Armagh to Dublin with an unframed WRONG DATE

Stamp of Ireland » Pre-Stamp Postal History » Independant Post Office Period - 1784-1831 1793 (29.9) Folded letter sheet from Armagh to Dublin with an unframed WRONG DATE
Stamp of Ireland » Pre-Stamp Postal History » Independant Post Office Period - 1784-1831 1793 (29.9) Folded letter sheet from Armagh to Dublin with an unframed WRONG DATE
Stamp of Ireland » Pre-Stamp Postal History » Independant Post Office Period - 1784-1831 1793 (29.9) Folded letter sheet from Armagh to Dublin with an unframed WRONG DATE
Stamp of Ireland » Pre-Stamp Postal History » Independant Post Office Period - 1784-1831 1793 (29.9) Folded letter sheet from Armagh to Dublin with an unframed WRONG DATE

Lot 60600 – 1793 (29.9) Folded letter sheet from Armagh to Dublin with an unframed WRONG DATE

Ireland » Pre-Stamp Postal History » Independant Post Office Period – 1784-1831
Price realised
3’000 GBP
Estimate
3’000 – 3’600 GBP
Auction date
Fri 22 Nov 2024 at 09:00 (Europe/Zurich)
Description

1793 (29.9) Folded letter sheet from Armagh to Dublin and redirected to Carlow, franked with manuscript Free John Richardson/Armagh September thirtieth, and showing a straight line ARMAGH and an unframed WRONG DATE both in red, alongside manuscript wrong date 29 Sept. followed by an Inspector’s GR/CROWN, the free delivery was disallowed and rated “4” but subsequently was also disallowed with additional inspectors’ CROWN and redirected to Carlow and recharged “8”, an important postal history item for the connoisseur

This is the only recorded usage of the handstamp to date

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