Receipt
Collection object
1986.0143.15
H. 22.9 W. 19.1
Receipt, printed and ms; black on white. Single sheet printed folded and printed on front and rear, central pages blank. Front, "Stamp Office, Dublin,/ No. [742 16] day of [June] 1842 (converted to 1843)/ Received from [Peter O'Brien]/ Distributer of Stamps for [Limerick] the Sum of/ [Twelve Pounds Nineteen Shillings/ and six pence]/ on Account of Stamp Duties, being the Amount of his/ Remittance for the Week end ("his" to "end" crossed out) [Board/ order of] the [31 May 1843- to pay/ Propr. of the Limerick Chronicle]/ £[ 12:19:6/ Robert Tyrrell] Receiver-General./ [H. Cooper] Comptroller./ To the Distributer of Stamps/ [Limerick & Clare]". Reverse printed at centre "To/ The Distributer of Stamps,/ Post Paid. [Limerick]". Has been folded from edges to middle, from bottom up, then top down and sealed. Rectangular red cancellation over address, "Paid/ JU 16E/ 1843"; circular black on reverse as folded, "Limerick/ JU 17/ 1843". Tear at centre fold where seal broken, perforation at centre where stuck on spike. Watermark "Evans & Co/ 1841", with parallel lines.
S & Co Evans (papermaker)