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Auction: 1014 - Collector's Series - Stamps
Lot: 1262

Great Britain 1840 One Penny Black Plate II QF, good margins all round, on 1840 (13 Oct.) entire letter from Anstruther to Edinburgh tied by ochre Maltese Cross, with matching boxed date stamp on reverse; vertical filing fold through the centre, otherwise fine and rare. Photo Estimate £ 1,000-1,200 Note: For a similar example of this coloured cross used on piece from the same correspondence, see Spink sale 9007 (April 7th 2009) lot 326

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£900