Lot 71296 – 1796 (May 30) Entire from Percy Street, London, to a Colonel in the Irish Brigade, Dublin, redirected to Limerick with neat « T. OFF » hs for the Treasury Office

1796 (May 30) Entire from Percy Street, London, to a Colonel in the Irish Brigade, Dublin, redirected to Limerick with various ms rates, with neat « T. OFF » hs for the Treasury Office, applied to covers that weren’t paid, very fine and scarce, similar to that listed in David Feldman’s book which were in use from 1813 to 1819, #206, but with dotted oval, so possibly the earliest recorded.