Lot 230
1867 Postal Notice from the GPO Edinburgh (Imprint of Francis Abbott)

The Phillips Collection of Great Britain | Part 2 | 5958
Auction: 16 January 2024 at 10:00 GMT
£2,520
Description
1867 Postal Notice from the GPO Edinburgh (Imprint of Francis Abbott) bearing a 10d deep red-brown (SG114, Pl.1), 2s Pale Blue (SG120, Pl.1 official trimmed wing margin) & 5s Rose (SG126, Pl.1). Overall toning and slight splitting of archive filing fold nevertheless a very rare Postal Notice of the utmost rarity. Only 200 of these notices were prepared in Scotland and sent out compared to the 1000 from London. Rare.

