1870 ½d. lilac Post Card First Day of Use,

with a printed bicoloured 'Inauguration of the new postal Card' advertisement of Henry Ling, Printer, Bookseller and Stationer on the reverse; used from Dorchester to Frome, the printed stamp with a perfectly-applied Dorchester code 'A' circular date stamp of 1 October 1870; very fine. RARE.

PROVENANCE
R.C.Alcock