1841 UNPAID MAIL DUBLIN TO SLIGO WITH DUBLIN MALTESE CROSS USED TO OBLITERATE DUBLIN 'PAID' DATE STAMP APPLIED IN ERROR. Fine letter from Dublin dated 26th February 1841 to 'Jemmett Duke of, Willowbrooke, Sligo' posted unpaid and on front fine strike large type Dublin '2' charge mark in black. On reverse good strike 'FE 26/PAID/1841' hand stamp of Dublin in red, struck in error on unpaid letter and this erroneous hand stamp obliterated by fine strike Dublin Maltese cross in black, alongside fine strike of the normal Dublin date stamp FE 26 41. Mike Jackson certificate. A most unusual and rare usage of a Maltese cross, the only recorded such use. (Ref 138402).
