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PARLIAMENTARY NOTICE RATE COVERS WITH IMPERF. ISSUES - 6d FEE PAID IN CASH OR WITH 2d BLUES STRIP; Attractive and very rare 12 Dec. 1850 'PARLIAMENTARY NOTICE' (imprint at top) to "Coghill, Essex", franked with 2d Blue plate 4 strip of three (with remarkably even large margins all round) paying the compulsory registration and 1d Red (4 close to huge margins) all tied by mainly fine "447" numerals of LEEDS (cds on the back, along with London (3) and KELVEDON), endorsed 'No such place known in Essex' and "Not for Coggeshall", then "try Kelvedon" where it seems to have finally been delivered. This special scheme for Parliamentary Notices only operated on one specific day (usually in in December) each year and was only available at the largest POs; the scheme was first introduced from Nov. 1848, so this is a very early example and is of Exhibition Quality. [Ex Cavendish Sept. 2021, lot 1057, realised £1,200.] Plus 26 Dec. 1849 front with similar imprint but the "6[d]" fee paid in cash and with a near-4m 1d Red tied by the Liverpool "466" numeral. (2 items) Cross Reference: YORKSHIRE, LANCASHIRE - LIVERPOOL, PARLIAMENTARY MAIL, 1841 2d BLUES
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