£220 - £300
SCOTLAND - "PARLIAMENTARY NOTICE" COVER WITH RARE 9d STRAW SINGLE FRANKING EX EDINBURGH; Fine 10 Dec. 1870 E (some toning on reverse) with "PARLIAMENTARY NOTICE. No.[256]" heading sent from Edinburgh to Portobello and most unusually franked purely with a scarce 9d Straw (pl.4) tied by a very fine "EDINBURGH/131" duplex. Very few internal G.B. QV covers are known with a single 9d franking. Exhibition Quality. [Ex Lajer; paid £1,250 April 2023. Also ex Cavendish 'Vivien Sussex' auction, Mar. 2002; lot 110, realised £150+BP.] Cross Reference: SCOTLAND, PARLIAMENTARY MAIL
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