Receipt
Collection object
1986.0143.05
H. 22.9 W. 18.9
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. [128 6] day of [February] 183[8]/ Received from [Peter O'Brien]/ Distributer of Stamps for [Limerick] the Sum of/ [Five pounds "on Account of Advertisement /duty due by the Limerick Standard"]/ on Account of Stamp Duties, being the Amount of his/ remittance for the week end the {"his" to "the" crossed out} [a payment of this day]/ {ps} [5.0.0/ Robert Tyrrell] Receiver-General/ [H. Cooper] Comptroller./ To the Distributer of Stamps./ [Limerick & Clare]". 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 over address "Paid/ FE6E/ 1838"; second circular black cancellation on reverse as folded "Limerick/ FE 7/ 1838". Hole in paper where seal opened. Watermark; a crowned cartouche, central design lost to hole in paper, GM under and parallel lines.
George Munn (paperemaker)