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Auction: 1027 - Autumn Collector's Series
Lot: 91

Great Britain 1840 One Penny Black Plate VI LD, close to good margins all round, tied by brownish black water-ink Maltese Cross on 1840 (28 Oct.) small entire letter to Charing Cross, with "Minehead/Penny Post" in the same colour alongside, red London datestamp on reverse; vertical filing fold well clear of the adhesive, fine and a quite exceptional rarity. One of only three or four covers recorded. S.G. A2vi, £8,000. B.P.A. Certificate (2006). Photo Estimate £ 2,500-3,000

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