Lot 60019 – 1782 Unframed horseshoe « Dockwra » type handstamp PENNY POST/PAID/14 fragment on laid gummed paper, unusual and extremely rare

1782 Unframed horseshoe « Dockwra » type handstamp PENNY POST/PAID/14 fragment on laid gummed paper, unusual and extremely rare

Note: Feldman/Kane states « There is no indication of date or origin, but it is possible that is was in some way connected with the « Dockwra » type. It has been suggested that it could have been an impression from a trial-type stamp, later rejected, but until more evidence becomes available, nothing definite can be said.