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Auction: 21045 - The Alan Holyoake Grand Prix Collection of British and International Registered Mail
Lot: 135

(x) Europe
Mail from the United Kingdom
6d. Registration Fee
1859 (26 Oct.) stampless commercial entire to Denmark bearing "1/7½" rate mark in red crayon, neat Southampton despatch c.d.s. and a good strike of the Southampton crowned "registered" handstamp in black, with London thin crowned "registered" (W&J 1133) and the standard-type London registered oval datestamp code "M" plus "P" in oval, all in red; the reverse with Hamburg transit datestamps (29.10). The front also has the manuscript rates of "fr2" in blue ink and "6½" in red ink (the amount due to Hamburg from the British Post Office). There are two vertical creases, fresh with good to superb strikes of the postmarks and an interesting cover bearing the Southampton registration handstamp

The postage rate is made up of postage 4d., registration 6d., Prussian registration 3d. and amount due to Hamburg 6½d., making 1/7½d

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

Sold for
£260

Starting price
£180