Losnr. 579 - 213.-217. Auktion
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Losnr. : 579 Grossbritannien
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1840: 1 d. black, Plate 4, lettered NK, touched at base, used on 1840 cover from Newcastle Under Lyme (Oct 23) to the Ship Hotel in Dover, tied by red-brown Maltese Cross. On arrival in Dover, the cover was re-addressed to "Poste Restante, Naples" and carried privately to Naples. Held at the Poste Restante for six months (May, 1841) and returned (note 'T.S.' handstamp, Transit Sarde, in red) to the 'Clarendon Hotel' in Piccadilly, with red London cds (May 19) and struck with framed LCO POSTAGE NOT PAID / TO LONDON handstamp in red. Forwarded again to Stone, Staffordshire with arrival cds (May 21) in black and charged there at 1/7d. due to pay. Cleaned and stamp removed and replaced, but a remarkable cover that opens well for Exhibition display. Cert. BPA (2013).rnrnNote: The cover is addressed to the 'Ship Inn' in Dover - the owner of this establishment was an illegal Forwarding Agent. The reference for this comes from an 1840 1d. Mulready privately forwarded to France with the notation inside "send your letter to me under cover to the Master of the Ship Inn, Dover, with a request that he will put it into the French Post and I will get it for 3d...". The Ship Inn was located in Worthington's celebrated Hotel & Ship Inn, once known as the Royal Ship Hotel, on Customs House Quay in Dover. From 1823 onwards Mail Coaches left here every evening for London.rnrnNote: This is, in all probability, the earliest cover known bearing a Postage Stamp on a letter from Italy.1 / 1Ausruf : 10.000 CHFZuschlag : nicht verkauft -
