Lot 60232 – 1855 (Oct 23) Envelope sent registered to Baden via Ostende bearing 1847-54 1s green, 6d lilac and 4d carmine

1855 (Oct 23) Envelope sent registered to Baden via Ostende bearing 1847-54 1s green die 2 (good margins just cut into at left), 6d dull lilac (margins just clear to very large) and 1855-57 4d carmine on blued paper (wmk Small Garter) tied by « 890 » numerals, paying 1/4d double rate (up to 1oz) plus 6d registration, with the London wide « (Crown) /REGISTERED », « P » in oval, « ENGLAND PER AACHEN » transit and boxed « Recomandirt » in red, the reverse with Windsor despatch, a rare and attractive mixed franking, ex Alan Holyoake RDP FRPSL.

Note: This rare does not include the expected 3d for Prussian registration but there are other covers to German States via Belgium which are also recorded without the Prussian registration.