COACH PARCEL RECEIPT OF BULL & MOUTH (WILLAN) & GOLDEN CROSS...

Hammer

£550

COACH PARCEL RECEIPT OF BULL & MOUTH (WILLAN) & GOLDEN CROSS, ETC.; 23 June 1785 EL to Maidenhead with fine "BRISTOL" sent by an early P.O. mailcoach to Maidenhead ("opposite the Bear Inn"), 5 Nov. 1785 original newspaper cutting with P.O. Notice starting "MR. PALMER having engaged to accomplish his Plan..." giving the full list of the routes of the "Mail Coaches already established" around England, May 1798 EL from London to Worcester privately carried but unusually endorsed via Lincoln's Inn "to be forwarded in their next [coach] Parcel to Messrs. Brettell's", c.1815/33 group of "BULL & MOUTH" (3) or "Golden Cross" Coach parcel receipts (charges ranging from "2/2" to "4/10"), and c.1830 print & c.1900 PPC of London GPO/Inn with mail coaches. Scarce group. (9 items)Cross Reference: COACHING, BRISTOL, LONDON POSTAL HISTORY, PARCEL POST COVERS/LABELS