A Prephilatelic Letter/Document - Sardinia To Ireland (1838)

I am not sure is this piece worth to be kept... any suggestions?

It is now almost 200 years old. Why would you NOT keep it?

Peter

All covers of this age are collectable. If it does not fit your collection you should sell it to someone who has a collection into which it would fit.

Interesting cover. I am bumping this in the hope that someone knowledgeable will weigh in on the various postal markings. (As an aside, Google Translate's first try as to the sender was "Royal Placed Sardines" but I'm going to go with Sardinian Royal Post.)

The letter was sent from Nice ("Nizza di Mare" on the notice and "Nizza Maritt." in the handstamp on the cover) to Glaslough, Ireland. Nice was then part of the Kingdom of Sardinia.

I will try to understand how the charge of 2/- was calculated.

Meanwhile I can add that the diamond postmark should belong to Dublin, the circular to London.

The content is very interesting and it is from the Royal postal administration of Sardinia.

It's written that a letter addressed to the Bishop etc at Glasslough was lying there because it was insufficient "franked" to the border of Sardinia.
So if the addressee in Ireland wanted to receive that letter, of the weight of 6 grams, he should ask to someone to pay the charge to that office.

For the postal historian it's a very interesting document!

P.S.
Very nice the wax seal too!

It is good to see some of these older posts (both here and scattered throughout the forum) "resurrected" by aryeh as it gives new knowledge and insight about the covers in question.
This cover would have been received by Bishop Patrick Burke and..."the diamond postmark should belong to Dublin" would be correct as this Irish diamond mark was in use from around 1820 to 1846