Description
1859 MAIL GREENOCK TO GLASGOW WITH 'GREENOCK/163' EXPERIMENTAL DUPLEX TYPE 2 AND 'PORTASKAIG' TYPE D1 SCOTS LOCAL BACK STAMP. Envelope, part rear flap missing from Portaskaig, Isles of Islay, to 'The Inspector of Poor, Chambers of Parochial Board, Barony Parish, Glasgow' with die 2 1d rose-red on white paper (SG40) lettered EE, corner fault and crease affects tied fine strike 'GREENOCK/163' experimental duplex type 2 MR 30 1859, month previously unrecorded. On reverse fair strike 'PORTASKAIG' type D1 Scots local back stamp in black part overstruck 'GLASGOW' date stamp MR 30 59. (Ref 136677).
