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Auction: 11027 - The Chartwell Collection - Great Britain Line-Engraved Essays, Proofs, Stamps & Covers Part 1
Lot: 1094

1840 One Penny Black Plate II Covers 1840 (11 Aug.) cover bearing OJ, good to very large margins, tied by a smudged carmine-red cancellation and faint dull red Maltese Cross on an unusual envelope letter to London and showing two strikes of Salisbury c.d.s. plus straight-line "Downton" in black, London arrival (12.8) on reverse; light vertical filing crease, unusual Estimate £ 150-200 Note: Downton is a village about six miles south of Salisbury

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