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Auction: 1014 - Collector's Series - Stamps
Lot: 1277

Great Britain 1840 One Penny Black Plate IV JK, margins all round, used on 1841 (16 Feb.) entire letter from Partick (a sub office of Glasgow,) via Belfast and Enniskillen, to Sligo, tied by three strikes of the blue (greenish) Maltese Cross; fine and very rare, believed to be one of four 1d. black covers cancelled by this distinctive colour, originating from the Partick sub office. Photo Estimate £ 5,000-6,000 provenance: "Victoria" , May 1975

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