Lot 152
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cover 1824 (20 Jan.) entire letter from London to Dublin inscribed "Private", showing superb strike of the large red crowned circular "IMPROPERLY PUT UNDER COVER TO EVADE POSTAGE/TO BE/CHARGED", black Dublin arrival timestamp on reverse; vertical fold crosses the strike but barely detracts. This is one of the rarest of all Irish marks there being only two known examples. Photo
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cover 1824 (20 Jan.) entire letter from London to Dublin inscribed "Private", showing superb strike of the large red crowned circular "IMPROPERLY PUT UNDER COVER TO EVADE POSTAGE/TO BE/CHARGED", black Dublin arrival timestamp on reverse; vertical fold crosses the strike but barely detracts. This is one of the rarest of all Irish marks there being only two known examples. Photo

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cover 1824 (20 Jan.) entire letter from London to Dublin inscribed "Private", showing superb strike of the large red crowned circular "IMPROPERLY PUT UNDER COVER TO EVADE POSTAGE/TO BE/CHARGED", black Dublin arrival timestamp on reverse; vertical fold crosses the strike but barely detracts. This is one of the rarest of all Irish marks there being only two known examples. Photo
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