€70
1818 EL from Red Lion Shany Belly to Ballyshannon with red BALLYSHANNON/101 mileage mark, rated "1" on face (the special one penny General Post rate for letters travelling not more than one post stage), with curious hand-drawn "postmark" at top right, contents are a satirical poem by the pseudonymous Quidnunc of Redlion. Ex Dixon. Photo.
Addressee was the father of the poet William Allingham. He was the local bank manager. The "Shany Belly" is a humorous reversal of the Irish name Beal Atha Seanaidh
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