Receipt
Collection object
1986.0143.08
H. 23.0 W. 18.8
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. [1064 13] day of [August] 184[1]/ Received from [Peter O'Brien]/ Distributer of Stamps for [Limerick] the Sum of/ [Twenty one pounds six shillings and/ seven pence halfpenny]/ on Account of Stamp Duties, being the Amount of his/ remittance for the week end the {"his" to "the" crossed out} [Compensation/ in Consequence of the abolition of Fees on/ Game Certificates & Licences]/ {ps} [21.6.7 1/2 / 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/ AU14A/ 1841"; circular black cancellation on reverse as folded "Limerick/ AU 15/ 1841". Note on third side asking for receipt to be returned perfected. Hole in paper where seal opened, holed by spike. Watermark; Crowned cartouche with loop inside "WT" under.
W Tanner (papermaker)