Lot 46076 - Dublin County - Blackrock – Dublin Penny Post: 1819–1836. Fine study of the three different BLACKROCK / PENNY POST Receiving House handstamps used during the early nineteenth century, comprising examples from 1819, 1831,

Dublin County - Blackrock – Dublin Penny Post: 1819–1836. Fine study of the three different BLACKROCK / PENNY POST Receiving House handstamps used during the early nineteenth century, comprising examples from 1819, 1831, and 1836. The 1819 and 1831 covers illustrate the concessionary transfer from the Dublin Penny Post to the General Post, charged 1d by the DPP before onward transmission at General Post rates. The 1836 cover, ex Leopardstown, bears the exceedingly rare red italic Postage to Dublin / not paid handstamp, one of only two recorded examples. Apparently delivered to Merrion Square at the 2d Dublin Penny Post rate, reduced to 1d, before entering the General Post charged 7d for onward transmission to Castlecomer. An exceptional and highly informative group illustrating the operation of the Dublin Penny Post and its interaction with the General Post.