Receipt
Collection object
1986.0143.12
H. 23.5 W. 19.20
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. [109 3] day of [February.] 1842 {2 converted to a 3}/ Received from [Peter O'Brien]/ Distributer of Stamps for [Limerick] the Sum of/ [One Pound eleven shillings and eight pence]/ on Account of Stamp Duties, being the Amount of his/ remittance for the week end the {"his" to "end" crossed out} [Board / order of the 31 ulto. to pay the/ Propr. of the Limerick Standard]/ {ps} [1.11.8 / 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/ FE3A/ 1843"; circular black cancellation on reverse as folded "Limerick/ FE4/ 1843". Hole in paper where seal opened, holed by spike. In blue ink below address, as flat "Acqe./ 5th April 1843. Watermark; "S. Evans & Co/ 1841" and parallel lines.
S & Co Evans (papermaker)