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Auction: 24029 - Stamps and Covers of Great Britain
Lot: 5059

Great Britain
Postal History
1861 (4 June) printed document titled "post offices (londonderry, &c. return to and Order of the Honourable the House of Commons", dated 4 June 1861 showing tabulated data for "Estimate Number of Letters in the Year, with the Postage reckoned at 1½d. each Letter", "Estimated Number of Book Packets proper in the Year, with the postage reckoned at 2d. each Book.", "Estimated Number of Newspapers in the Year circulated under Book Post privileges, with the Postage reckoned at 1d. each Paper." "Estimated Number of Newspapers bearing the Impressed Stamp.", "Estimated Gross Revenue for each Town." for the towns Aughnacloy, Coleraine, Derry, Donegal, Dungannon, Enniskillen, Lisnaskea, Moy, Newtown Butler, Newtown Limavady, Omagh, Strabane". With observations from G.C. Cornwall and issued by Rowland Hill; offered together with free front to G.C. Cornwall signed by George Keppel. Most unusual.

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Estimate
£300 to £400