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RARE RED & BLACK NOTICE REF. COMPULSORY REGISTRATION OF "LETTERS marked REGISTERED"; Large Oct. 1856 Notice unusually printed partly in red and partly in black (some folds and light reinforcing; 11½x17½ ins.) headed "LETTERS marked REGISTERED Not to be Deposited in Letter Boxes. CAUTION AGAINST SENDING VALUABLE LETTERS BY THE POST" stating that letters marked Registered but not posted over the counter would - from 1 Nov. 1856 - be charged the full 1/- fee on delivery if only prepaid the postage. We cannot recall having seen this Important Notice before. Very rare and attractive.Cross Reference: POST OFFICE ACTS/NOTICES, REGISTERED MAIL
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