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Auction: 1014 - Collector's Series - Stamps
Lot: 1308

Great Britain 1840 One Penny Black Plate VII MB-MC horizontal pair, margins all round, used on 1840 (25 July) entire letter from London to Birmingham, tied by light strikes of the red Maltese Cross; fine, clean and most attractive. A scarce double rate cover. R.P.S. Certificate (1994). Photo Estimate £ 300-350 provenance: J. Carruthers, 2005

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£580