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Auction: 11027 - The Chartwell Collection - Great Britain Line-Engraved Essays, Proofs, Stamps & Covers Part 1
Lot: 1113

1840 One Penny Black Plate IV Covers 1840 (18 Aug.) wrapper bearing SD-TD vertical pair, SD re-entry, margins just touched (corner TD) to very large and well tied by two unusually struck dull red Maltese Crosses on large wrapper to Norwich; the flap, which opens well for display, with faint Yarmouth despatch c.d.s and with Norwich arrival for the same day and straight-line "Too Late" in black. Unusual and attractive Estimate £ 400-500 provenance: ´Maximus´ , May 1970

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