Description:

1883 linen parcel tag to Staffordshire with Lined Background 1d pale red two pairs & 6d green x2, 'REGISTERED/ MACKAY' handstamps & 'MACKAY/OC11/83/QUEENSLAND' cds, oval 'REGISTERED/ XD /7DE83/LONDON' transit d/s in red on the face & superb 'STAFFORD STATION' arrival b/s, ironed-out creases. A very rare parcel survivor, all the more so for having been registered. Ex Alan Griffiths. [The rate was 2d per 2oz x6 for a packet weighing between 10oz & 12oz + 4d registration]