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Auction: 1014 - Collector's Series - Stamps
Lot: 1327

Great Britain 1840 One Penny Black Plate X LJ, good to very large margins all round and showing portion of adjoining stamp at right, on clean 1841 (23 Feb.) entire letter from Crickhowell to London, tied by very fine light strike of the black Maltese Cross; light wrinkling not detracting. A fine and very attractive example of this difficult plate used on cover. R.P.S. Certificate (1998). Photo Estimate £ 800-900 provenance: J. Curruthers, 2005

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£650