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Auction: 21045 - The Alan Holyoake Grand Prix Collection of British and International Registered Mail
Lot: 9

(x) Great Britain
Registration Paid in Cash
1/- Registration Rate
Stampless Covers

1842 (May) neat wrapper to the Eastern Bank, Dundee bearing a superb strike of the "Registered/edinburgh" in red and a clear "1/2" rate mark in red ink, the reverse with boxed Dundee arrival datestamp (19.5) (small fragment missing where the wax seal has been removed). Exceptionally fresh, a clean and desirable early Scottish registered cover. This registration mark is first recorded as being used in 1842

Subject to 5% tax on Hammer Price in addition to 20% VAT on Buyer’s Premium.

Estimate
£400 to £600

Starting price
£300