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IRISH SEA CROSSINGS & GALWAY PACKET - GOVERNMENT REPORTS/RETURNS COVERING THE VARIOUS ROUTES; 1834-63 group of mainly very fine (ex-binding) printed foolscap Government reports/returns concerning PO mails incl. Holyhead Packets (1834 pair + 1839/40 trio listing all 1838-1841 sailings with times and names of each relevant steamer), Milford + Liverpool Packets (1834), 1858/9 contract to convey the Holyhead mails (23 pages), and 1860/3 pair ref. the "GALWAY PACKETS" (Indenture + Articles of Agreement). Fascinating reading with the Holyhead listings giving the opportunity to identify the steamers that carried specific covers across the Irish Sea in 1838-1840. Plus pair of battered 2-sided c.1890 railway maps of Britain and of Ireland. (11 items)Cross Reference: LITERATURE - PHILATELIC, POST OFFICE ACTS/NOTICES
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