Lot 46043 - 1826–27 – India to Scotland via Dublin – Rare “IRISH / SHIP LETTER” Marking: Remarkable entire letter written at Bombay, India, on 9 September 1826, addressed to Edinburgh, conveyed by private ship and landed in Ireland

1826–27 – India to Scotland via Dublin – Rare “IRISH / SHIP LETTER” Marking: Remarkable entire letter written at Bombay, India, on 9 September 1826, addressed to Edinburgh, conveyed by private ship and landed in Ireland in 1827. Struck across the flap with the very rare two-line IRISH / SHIP LETTER handstamp of Dublin, and subsequently redirected from Edinburgh to Wooler, Northumberland. Of particular interest, the face displays three different Additional Halfpenny Wheel Tax handstamps, providing an unusually graphic record of the letter’s complex onward transmission and postal charges. Slight edge faults, nevertheless a highly distinctive and very rare Anglo-Irish maritime postal-history item, combining Indian private-ship mail, the scarce Dublin “IRISH / SHIP LETTER” marking, redirection and multiple Wheel Tax markings. An impressive exhibition piece. Less than half a dozen recorded.