Sale No: 2012
Lot No: 126
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The Falmouth Handstamps. 1829 (6 June) entire letter, headed "Mexico", "p Packet" to Belfast and forwarded to meet the "Princess Elizabeth" Packet at Jamaica, placed in sealed bags to Falmouth and forwarded to Ireland, rated "3/6" comprising 2/1d. UK inward Packet Letter charge plus 1/5d. inland postage through Ireland, showing "franco has/ta e puerto" handstamp in red and showing, on reverse, a superb strike of the "mexico" TR1 fleuron handstamp in green applied at Falmouth, and Irish arrival datestamp. PhotoNote: A similar handstamp was sent to Jamaica and was applied at Kingston to letters from Mexican sources destined for the packet service though this is always struck in purple ink (Image1)
Est. £400-500
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Opening GBP 520.00
Sold...GBP 520.00
Closed..Nov-19-2020, 08:42:11 EST
Sold For 520
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