1842 MAIL TUAM, CO. GALWAY, IRELAND TO DUBLIN 1d PL.21 (SG8) TUAM MALTESE CROSS. Letter Tuam 13 October 1842 enclosing a Post Office order £3.4.0 for a chest of soap to 'Mesrs. John Barrington and Sons, Soap Manufacturers, No. 186 Great Britain Street, Dublin', 1d pl.21 (SG8) lettered CK, touched at right otherwise good margins, filing fold affects, tied fine strike of the semi-distinctive very thin lined Maltese cross of Tuam. On reverse 'TUAM' date stamp OC 13 1842. See Rockoff and Jackson volume 2 page 280. (Ref 143832).