Description
1857 MAIL BLACKHALL STREET, GREENOCK TO GLASGOW WITH 'BLACKHALL STREET' SCOTS LOCAL CANCELLATION TYPE VIII IN BLUE. Letter from Greenock to 'James Bell Esq, 76 Wilson Street, Glasgow' with die 2 1d rose-red on white paper (SG40) tied good large part strike 'BLACKHALL STREET' Scots local cancellation type VIII in blue (Parent Post Office Greenock), filing fold affects. On reverse 'GREENOCK' date stamp NO 11 1857. Alcock rarity guide 'G'. Within is QV 1d purple fiscal with manuscript cancellation. (Ref 136695).