Lot 147
Ireland Specimen Book Page with Bankruptcy/companies Registration

Revenue & Telegraph Stamps of the World | 5954
Auction: 21 November 2023 at 09:30 GMT
£720
Description
c. 1878 Large piece of gridded Specimen book (289 x 146mm) bearing IRELAND BANKRUPTCY 1889 5s, 10s, £1, £2 and £5, and 1867 COMPANIES REGISTRATION wmk Sailing ship 6d 1s, 5s, and £1 (the 4d not present as it was issued 5 years later). each tied to page with pen cross, leaving 6 empty spaces marked ‘Specimen’. A most unusual lot. Booth 24/8, (Bankruptcy) and 21/4 (companies Registration)

