Lot 51308 – 1837 (January 9th) Delayed folded letter sheet from

1837 (January 9^th) Delayed folded letter sheet from Cork to London, showing the distinctive superb crisp clear 2-line « CORK / TOO LATE » hs in black, single rate of « 1/5 », deleted with CROWN, doubled to « 2/10 » and rate calculated as follows Cork to Dublin 169 miles – Milford to London 258 miles, total 427 miles. 1/2d – 2d packer – Menai Bridge 1d = 1/5d x 2 = 2/10) and finally endorsed « double only », very fine and a rare usage of the Too Late marking in this wonderful quality.