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NAPLES - 1d NAVAL CONCESSION RATE COVER WITH STITCH-MARKS FOR AN ATTACHED 1d COIN; Unusual 3 May 1840 EL (transcript; dusting,
peripheral faults, etc.) headed & countersigned for the 1d Concession Rate for "William Taylor on board H.M.S. Benbow, Naples" and addressed to London; taken in closed Naval Bag to London where it was marked with a black (in error for red) manuscript
"1" marking but with red London "PAID" cds (1 June) on the front. Interesting contents incl. "this afternoon returned from Malta, as I was one of the Crew that boar[d]ed a Prize... off Cicila [Sicily]… I wondered that you did not write to me as the
expense is only one Penny [the Concession Rate]… we expected to go to China to fight there, but there is no such chance...". There are clear sewing holes visible at the bottom left of the address panel where a 1d coin has been sewn on by the sender
to ensure that it qualified for the prepaid 1d Concession Rate (instead of the 1s-7d rate). [Ex Gavin Fryer, 2024; illustrated in his Printed Papers book, p.533.] Very few covers showing holes where a 1d coin was attached have been recorded.Cross
Reference: ITALIAN STATES, MILITARY - PENNY CONCESSION RATES, NAVAL MAIL (Image)
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