RARE POST OFFICE NOTICE OF NEW STRICTER RULES ON FREE FRANKINGS: 21 Aug. 1784 General Post Office notice to "all Postmasters", sent by Anthony Todd (Secretary of the Post Office). We have never seen this example before; few Post Office notices from pre-1800 survive, and thus rare. A fine example!Cross Reference: P.O. NOTICES (Image)
Opening GBP 140.00
Sold...GBP 700.00
Closed..Mar-09-2023, 03:00:00 EST
Sold For 700
Sale No: 851
Lot No: 1123
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LONDON 3-RING & CROWNED D.S. “FREE” MARKS – INC. SOME “TO PAY/2d/ONLY & SCARCE “To/delivered/FREE”, ETC. : Mixture of Free mark varieties inc. a few with octagonal "To pay/ 2d/ ONLY" marks (some v. fine) along with some Irish marks; also an early 1833 envelope with "To be/delivered/FREE" crowned circle. (19 covers & 20 fronts) (Image)
Opening GBP 100.00
Sold...GBP 190.00
Closed..Mar-09-2023, 03:00:00 EST
Sold For 190
Sale No: 851
Lot No: 1124
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TO JAMAICA - OUTGOING FREE FRANK (ABUSE OF PRIVILEGE!) FROM LONDON TO "ST. JAMES', JAMAICA"; 2 Dec. 1824 EL (part family letter from the addressee's wife and child) - probably from their home in Brighton (a Nov. 1824 letter from this correspondence is known that was sent from Brighton to London to be forwarded) franked from "London" to "Garland Grove, St. James's, Jamaica" franked by an unidentified senior civil servant - one of the few with franking rights to the West Indies who was clearly abusing his privilege for a lady friend in this case! - with a fine red London crowned "FREE" d.s., and with no British or Jamaican charges at all. Free Franks to the West Indies are rare.Cross Reference: JAMAICA, OVERSEAS DESTINATIONS, LONDON POSTAL HISTORY (Image)
