Great Northern Railway Company, 1897 2d olive green

Great Northern Railway Company, 1897 2d olive green from plate transfer I, neatly used on a hotel stationery envelope to London combined with 1887 Jubilee ½d pair, all tied by octagonal boxed BELFAST / G. N. R. / PARCELS in purple, and further tied by London cds. of August 26_^th, 1898, backstamped with arrival cds of PADDINGTON / AU 26 / 98. A fine, clean and very decorative cover. DeLacy-Spencer #4, Hib. R 92.
This cover bears all the evidence of being commercial. Ex Col. B. B. Zellers.