Receipt
Collection object
1986.0143.02
H. 23.2 W. 18.6
Receipt, printed and ms. Black on white. Single sheet, folded in half and printed on first and last side only. First side; "Stamp Office, Dublin,/ No. [686 5] day of [June] 183[7]/ Received from [Peter O'Brien]/ Distributer of Stamps for {Limerick] the Sum of/ [Fifty one pounds fifteen shillings]/ on Account of Stamp Duties, being the Amount of his/ remittance for the week end the {"being" to "the" crossed out} [To Advertisement duty/ due by the Propr. of the Limerick Chronicle] {ps} [51.15.0/ Robert Tyrrell] Receiver-General/ [H. Cooper] Comptroller./ To the Distributer of Stamps./ [Limerick & Clare]"; under the main amount are the totals for Jan. Feb and March, adding up to main sum. Final page "To/ Distributer of Stamps,/ [Limerick]/ Post Paid." Back forms the address; both ends folded inward, bottom upwards then top down and sealed. Rectangular red cancellation above address "Paid/ JU 5E/ 1837"; second circular black cancellation on reverse as folded "Limerick/ JU 6/ 1837". Hole in paper where seal opened. Watermark, crown over cartouche with loop inside "GM" under, and parallel lines.
George Munn (paperemaker)