£100
OFFICIAL FREE MAIL (DUBLIN CASTLE + PAYMASTER-GENERAL) INC. EARLY PRINTED ADDRESS COVER; 1829 EL (reinforced fold affects address side) with mainly albino "BALLINAMORE/85" mileage to the Army Paymaster General in London with faint crowned "FREE" d.s. and rare London black h.s. "A" (scarce Jay L190a) on the front but also endorsed "Mifsent to Greenwich" ref. an Irish 23rd Foot pensioner (21 years' service but now in a lunatic asylum), fine 1832 EL with "MOVILLE" mileage to Dublin Castle with Dublin 'spade'-frame "FREE" d.s. (ref. Green Castle sea-paving), and rare 31 July 1835 Dublin usage (faint crowned FREE d.s. overstruck by similar London d.s. on front) of the specially printed address "Paymaster General... London" EL with "CHELSEA HOSPITAL" imprint on the front (ref. a Kilmainham Hospital pensioner needing "New Instruction Papers"). Rare official free trio. (3 covers) Cross Reference: FREE MAIL, OFFICIAL MAIL, LONDON POSTAL HISTORY, MILITARY
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